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US 9,093,513 In force
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Term ends Dec 30, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Mar 5, 2013 as application 13/786,372 · Granted Jul 28, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2009
Term ends
Dec 30, 2029
Granted
Jul 28, 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.
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.
14
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. 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 Dec 30, 2009, when application 12/655,408, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 5, 2013)Dec 30, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderDec 30, 2029High confidence

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8 of 14 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
Jan 9, 2015
Reel 34677, frame 346
Bohr, Mark T.; Steigerwald, Joseph M.; Klaus, Jason W.; Hwang, Jack; Mackiewicz, Ryan; Joshi, Subhash M.; Ghani, Tahir; Rahhal-orabi, Nadia M.Intel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 22, 2026
Reel 76518, frame 1
Intel CorporationIntel Foundry IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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