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Trench-Gate Resurf Semiconductor Device and Manufacturing Method

US 9,735,254 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 22, 2019 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).

Term ends Oct 24, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Mar 11, 2015 as application 14/644,272 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Oct 24, 2012
Term ends
Oct 24, 2032
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 24, 2012, when application 13/659,678, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 11, 2015)Oct 24, 2032High 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 orderOct 24, 2032High confidence

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US 9,006,822In force
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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 13, 2015
Reel 35161, frame 750
Peake, Steven Thomas; Rutter, PhilipNXP B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 7, 2016
Reel 38017, frame 58
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Agreement Supplement
Jul 14, 2016
Reel 39361, frame 212
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12092129 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Aug 8, 2016
Reel 39610, frame 734
NXP B.V.Nexperia B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2017
Reel 42762, frame 145
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
May 9, 2017
Reel 42985, frame 1
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12681366 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Feb 13, 2019
Reel 48328, frame 964
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.NXP B.V.Release of Security Interest
Sep 10, 2019
Reel 50745, frame 1
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.NXP B.V.Release of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51029, frame 1
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042985 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51029, frame 387
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 039361 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51030, frame 1
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 038017 Frame 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.
Oct 22, 2019
Reel 51145, frame 184
NXP B.V.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Application 12298143 Previously Recorded on Reel 042762 Frame 0145. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement Supplement.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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