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US 12,719,415 · App. 18/494,635 · Granted Aug 25, 2026

Scalable periphery tunable matching power amplifier

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Patent No.
US 12,719,415
App. No.
18/494,635
Filed
Oct 25, 2023
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2843
USPC
330/295
Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2025
From: PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
To: PSEMI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070612/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2025
From: NOBBE, DAN WILLIAM; HALCHIN, DAVID; DYKSTRA, JEFFREY A.; GAYNOR, MICHAEL P.; KOVAC, DAVID; MEKECHUK, KELLY MICHAEL; KAATZ, GARY FREDERICK; OLSON, CHRIS
To: PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070593/0966 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17731048 · Apr 27, 2022
Continuation 16987097 · Aug 6, 2020
Continuation 16408001 · May 9, 2019
Continuation 15827984 · Nov 30, 2017
Continuation 14957399 · Dec 2, 2015
Continuation 13797779 · Mar 12, 2013
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