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Method and Composition for Electrodeposition of Copper in Microelectronics with Dipyridyl-Based Levelers

US 8,771,495 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 17, 2022 (Citibank, N.A.).

Term ends Nov 26, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Mar 5, 2013 as application 13/785,946 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Nov 26, 2008
Term ends
Nov 26, 2028
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
base term fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,388,824, to Nov 26, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 26, 2008, when application 12/324,335, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 5, 2013)Nov 26, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,388,824)resolves to Nov 26, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 26, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,388,824In force
Jun 2031
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US 10,221,496In force
Nov 2028
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US 8,771,495this patent
Nov 2028
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US 9,613,858In force
Nov 2028
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4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 15, 2016
Reel 38439, frame 777
Enthone Inc.Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Feb 4, 2019
Reel 48233, frame 141
Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentMacDermid Enthone Inc. (F/K/A Enthone Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Feb 5, 2019
Reel 48261, frame 110
MacDermid Enthone Inc. (F/K/A Enthone Inc.)Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 15, 2019
Reel 48355, frame 656
Enthone Inc.MacDermid Enthone Inc.Change of Name
Nov 17, 2022
Reel 61956, frame 643
Barclays Bank PLCCitibank, N.a.Assignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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