Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Nov 28, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2028
Held by Ixys CH GmbH
Filed Apr 17, 2013 as application 13/864,724 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2008
Nov 28, 2008
Term ends
Nov 28, 2028
Nov 28, 2028
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015
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 8,427,356, to Nov 28, 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.
8
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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 28, 2008, when application 12/315,169, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2013) | Nov 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,427,356) | resolves to Nov 28, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 28, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,427,356 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,941,531 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,712,875 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 10,462,525 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 11,184,674 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 11,736,770 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 12,316,915 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| Application 19/207,554 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2013 Reel 30457, frame 913 | Ixys CH GmbH | Uei Cayman Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2016 Reel 38416, frame 581 | C.G. Development Limited; Uei Cayman Inc. | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56531, frame 94 | Satish, Ramaiah | Zilog, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56561, frame 491 | Zilog, Inc. | Ixys CH GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56531, frame 664 | Uei Cayman Inc. | C.G. Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 28, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,427,356, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.