Term ends Dec 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 27, 2026
Filed Mar 1, 2013 as application 13/782,939 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term plus 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 27, 2006
Oct 27, 2006
Term ends
Dec 16, 2026
Dec 16, 2026
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
50
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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 runs 50 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Oct 27, 2006, when application 11/553,949, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2013) | Oct 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +50 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,669,637 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,409,970 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,158,510 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,791,006 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,685,495 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,449,925 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,548,347 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2015 Reel 36288, frame 748 | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2016 Reel 38378, frame 418 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Lte. | Change of Name |
| Dec 13, 2019 Reel 51285, frame 318 | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2019 Reel 51365, frame 680 | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. | Jcet Semiconductor (Shaoxing) Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 5, 2023 Reel 64908, frame 920 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name on Coversheet from "Stats Chippac Pte. LTE." to "Stats Chippac Pte. Ltd." Previously Recorded on Reel 038378 Frame 0418. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 16, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.