Also listed on Stats ChipPAC, Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 15, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2030
Held by Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
Filed Feb 9, 2015 as application 14/616,942 · Granted Jan 17, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2010
Mar 15, 2010
Term ends
Mar 15, 2030
Mar 15, 2030
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Jan 17, 2017
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.
19
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 15, 2010, when application 12/724,367, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2015) | Mar 15, 2030 | 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 | Mar 15, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,767,496 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,343,809 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,318,441 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,004,095 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,183,095 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,252,066 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,456,002 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,907,476 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 19 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2015 Reel 34951, frame 888 | Lin, Yaojian; Chen, Kang; Fang, Jianmin; Feng, Xia | Stats ChipPAC, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2015 Reel 37096, frame 315 | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2020 Reel 52972, frame 1 | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc.; Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. Formerly Known as Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Citicorp International Limited, as Common Security Agent | Stats ChipPAC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2020 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 |
| May 30, 2024 Reel 67568, frame 674 | Stats ChipPAC Ltd. | Stats ChipPAC Pte. Ltd. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 15, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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