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Method and System for Template Assisted Wafer Bonding Using Pedestals

US 9,159,631 In force
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Term ends Jan 3, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Apr 24, 2014 as application 14/261,276 · Granted Oct 13, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2013
Term ends
Jan 3, 2033
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
11
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 3, 2013, when application 13/733,337, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 24, 2014)Jan 3, 2033High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 3, 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
Oct 29, 2014
Reel 34095, frame 474
Marchena, EltonSkorpios Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 23, 2017
Reel 44272, frame 557
Skorpios Technologies, Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Nov 22, 2017
Reel 44751, frame 469
Pacific Western BankSkorpios Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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