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Apparatus and Methods for Voltage Converters

US 8,786,371 In force
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Term ends Jan 16, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Nov 7, 2012 as application 13/671,022 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term plus 70 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Nov 7, 2012
Term ends
Jan 16, 2033
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
70
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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
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This patent's term runs 70 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 7, 2012, when this application, 13/671,022, was filedNov 7, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+70 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 16, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 16, 2033High confidence

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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
Jan 25, 2013
Reel 29696, frame 226
Popplewell, Peter Harris Robert; Pingot, Jakub F.; Balteanu, Florinel G.Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2013
Reel 29711, frame 438
Wilson, Martin; Tuckwell, MarkNujira Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2015
Reel 36001, frame 933
Nujira LimitedSnaptrack, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 25, 2015
Reel 36463, frame 270
Wilson, Martin; Tuckwell, MarkNujira LimitedCorrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignee from Nujira LTD to Nujira Limited Previously Recorded on Reel 029711 Frame 0438. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment from the Inventors to Nujira Limited.

Sources

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