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Method and System for Height Registration During Chip Bonding

US 9,324,682 In force
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Term ends Apr 25, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Apr 25, 2014 as application 14/262,529 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2014
Term ends
Apr 25, 2034
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
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.
16
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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 25, 2014, when this application, 14/262,529, was filedApr 25, 2034High 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 orderApr 25, 2034High confidence

This family

US 8,615,025In force
no later than Oct 2030
no later than Oct 2030
US 8,605,766Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
US 8,867,578Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2022
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US 8,559,470Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
US 8,368,995In force
Jan 2031
Jan 2031
US 9,318,868In force
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
US 9,324,682this patent
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
Application 14/488,041Abandoned
not computed
not computed
8 of 16 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
Mar 4, 2016
Reel 38000, frame 815
Marchena, Elton; Spann, John Y.; Creazzo, Timothy; Krasulick, Stephen B.; Mizrahi, AmitSkorpios 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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