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US 10,254,860 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 14, 2020 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ended Jun 1, 2025 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed May 31, 2018 as application 15/994,696 · Granted Apr 9, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jun 1, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2005
Term ended
Jun 1, 2025
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
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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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 1, 2005, when application 11/143,275, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 31, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 1, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 1, 2025Medium confidence

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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
Feb 7, 2019
Reel 48286, frame 33
Reynolds, Joseph Kurth; Day, Shawn P.Synaptics IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 14, 2020
Reel 51936, frame 103
Synaptics IncorporatedWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

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