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Method for Transfer of Semiconductor Devices

US 9,871,023 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 27, 2023 (Cowles Company).

Term ends Nov 12, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Mar 18, 2016 as application 15/074,994 · Granted Jan 16, 2018
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,748,210 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2015
Term ends
Nov 12, 2035
Granted
Jan 16, 2018
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.
22
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 12, 2015, when application 14/939,896, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2016)Nov 12, 2035High 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 orderNov 12, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,633,883In force
Nov 2035
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Application PCT/US2016/023280PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,871,023this patent
Nov 2035
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US 9,985,003In force
Nov 2035
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US 10,636,770In force
no later than Oct 2036
no later than Oct 2036
US 10,490,532In force
Jul 2036
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US 10,622,337In force
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US 10,615,152In force
Jan 2036
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8 of 22 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
Jun 1, 2017
Reel 42569, frame 3
Huska, Andrew; Peterson, Cody; Adams, Clint; Kupcow, SeanRohinni, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 5, 2017
Reel 42601, frame 323
Huska, Andrew; Peterson, Cody; Adams, Clint; Kupcow, SeanRohinni, LLC.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 27, 2023
Reel 64417, frame 238
Rohinni, Inc.Cowles CompanySecurity Interest
Jan 12, 2024
Reel 66286, frame 270
Rohinni Inc.Magna Electronics, Inc.License
May 15, 2024
Reel 67428, frame 189
Rohinni, Inc.Cowles Semi, LLCCourt Order

Sources

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

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