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Impedance Matching Between a Bare-Die Integrated Circuit and a Transmission Line on a Laminated PCB

US 8,912,862 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 15, 2015 (Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.).

Term ends Oct 18, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Feb 21, 2011 as application 13/031,291 · Granted Dec 16, 2014
Base term plus 770 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2031
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2009
Term ends
Oct 18, 2031
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
770
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.
9
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 runs 770 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 8, 2009, when application 12/554,987, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 21, 2011)Sep 8, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+770 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 18, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 18, 2031High confidence

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8 of 9 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 13, 2011
Reel 26122, frame 56
Leiba, Yigal; Schwarz, Baruch; Dayan, Elad; Shmuel, Amir; Biran, YonatanSiklu Communication Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedSecurity Interest
Mar 15, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Mar 15, 2015
Reel 35167, frame 808
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited; Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Dec 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Dec 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Dec 5, 2016
Reel 40511, frame 604
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.; Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Sep 24, 2020
Reel 53865, frame 361
Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited; Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Siklu Communication Ltd.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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