Term ends Sep 9, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 9, 2033
Held by Vlsi Technology LLC
Filed Sep 2, 2015 as application 14/843,364 · Granted Jun 14, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2013
Sep 9, 2013
Term ends
Sep 9, 2033
Sep 9, 2033
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 2016
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.
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.
2
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
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 Sep 9, 2013, when application 14/021,485, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2015) | Sep 9, 2033 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 9, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,142,566 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 9,368,499 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39138, frame 1 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Supplement to the Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2017 Reel 41144, frame 363 | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 29, 2017 Reel 42374, frame 1 | NXP USA, Inc. | Vlsi Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2017 Reel 42238, frame 462 | Hong, Cheong Min; Perera, Asanga H.; Kang, Sung-taeg | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2017 Reel 42610, frame 451 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP USA, Inc. F/K/A Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2019 Reel 50744, frame 97 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | NXP B.V. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 9, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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