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Thermal Sensors for Stacked Dies

US RE45,029 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Intellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 4, 2028 · Low confidence

Reissue of US 7,852,138, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Filed Dec 13, 2012 as application 13/713,433 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term plus 102 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Dec 24, 2007
Term ends
Apr 4, 2028
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
102
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. Not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from the original patent's grant (Dec 14, 2010). This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 102 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Low. 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 Dec 24, 2007, when application PCT/IB2007/004090, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2012)Dec 24, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustmentfollows the original patentMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+102 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries noneApr 4, 2028Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 4, 2028Low confidence

This family

US 7,852,138Surrendered on reissue
Jul 2014
Jul 2014
US RE45,029this patent
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
2 of 3 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
Dec 13, 2012
Reel 29462, frame 707
Nokia CorporationUniforce Tech Limited Liability CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 26, 2015
Reel 37360, frame 737
Uniforce Tech Limited Liability CompanyGula Consulting Limited Liability CompanyMerger
Feb 12, 2023
Reel 62756, frame 52
Gula Consulting Limited Liability CompanyIntellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2023
Reel 63155, frame 300
Mind Fusion, LLCIntellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 13, 2023
Reel 64271, frame 1
Intellectual Ventures Assets 186 LLCMind Fusion, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2023
Reel 64357, frame 554
Mind Fusion, LLCThinklogix, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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