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Method and Apparatus Improving Gate Oxide Reliability by Controlling Accumulated Charge

US 9,608,619 Term ended
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Term ended Jul 10, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jul 22, 2013 as application 13/948,094 · Granted Mar 28, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jul 10, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2006
Term ended
Jul 10, 2026
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
base term after the term ends 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,890,891, US 7,910,993, US 8,129,787, US 8,405,147, US 8,954,902, to Jul 10, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
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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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

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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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 10, 2006, when application 11/484,370, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 22, 2013)Jul 10, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,890,891, US 7,910,993, US 8,129,787, US 8,405,147, US 8,954,902)resolves to Jul 10, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 10, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,910,993In force
Mar 2028
Mar 2028
US 7,890,891In force
Dec 2027
Dec 2027
US 8,954,902Surrendered on reissue
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
US 8,129,787Term ended
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 8,742,502Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2026
Jun 2026
US 8,405,147Term ended
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 9,130,564Term ended
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 9,608,619this patent
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
8 of 42 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
Jan 14, 2014
Reel 31961, frame 725
Stuber, Michael A.; Brindle, Christopher N.; Kelly, Dylan J.; Kemerling, Clint L.; Imthurn, George P.; Welstand, Robert B.; Burgener, Mark L.; Dribinsky, Alexander; Kim, Tae YounPeregrine Semiconductor CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 24, 2018
Reel 45749, frame 391
Peregrine Semiconductor CorporationPsemi CorporationChange of Name

Sources

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