Also listed on Sii Semiconductor Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Lapsed Oct 21, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 2, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.
Held by Ablic Inc.
Filed Aug 2, 2012 as application 13/564,876 · Granted Oct 21, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 21, 2026
2012
2033
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2012
Aug 2, 2012
No longer in force
Oct 21, 2026
Oct 21, 2026
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014
Term would have run to
May 18, 2033
May 18, 2033
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
289
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
Its term would have run to May 18, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 289 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 2, 2012, when this application, 13/564,876, was filed | Aug 2, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +289 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | lapsed Oct 21, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 21, 2026 | Low confidence |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2012 Reel 28712, frame 646 | Endo, Daiki; Heng, Socheat | Seiko Instruments Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2016 Reel 37783, frame 166 | Seiko Instruments Inc. | Sii Semiconductor Corporation . | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2016 Reel 37903, frame 928 | Seiko Instruments Inc. | Sii Semiconductor Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 037783 Frame: 0166. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 12, 2018 Reel 45567, frame 927 | Sii Semiconductor Corporation | Ablic Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 64021, frame 575 | Ablic Inc. | Ablic Inc. | Change of Address |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.