Term ended Sep 27, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 27, 2025
Held by MediaTek Inc.
Filed Apr 17, 2018 as application 15/955,051 · Granted Mar 31, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 27, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2005
Sep 27, 2005
Term ended
Sep 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Mar 31, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,980,190, to Sep 27, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
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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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 27, 2005, when application 11/237,643, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2018) | Sep 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,980,190) | resolves to Sep 27, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 27, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,980,190 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,609,614 | this patent Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Application 16/797,174 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46897, frame 1 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 484 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2023 Reel 63493, frame 332 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2025 Reel 71292, frame 785 | Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. | MediaTek Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,980,190, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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