Term ended Aug 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 11, 2026
Held by Intellectual Ventures II LLC
Filed Aug 16, 2021 as application 17/403,448 · Granted Oct 11, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Aug 11, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2006
Aug 11, 2006
Term ended
Aug 11, 2026
Aug 11, 2026
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Oct 11, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,706,308, US 9,319,930, to Aug 11, 2026. 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.
9
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 Aug 11, 2006, when application 11/502,929, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2021) | Aug 11, 2026 | 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 7,706,308, US 9,319,930) | resolves to Aug 11, 2026, 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 | Aug 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,532,653 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,319,930 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,064,092 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 16/113,446 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,096,085 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 11,470,503 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 11,700,544 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 12,069,511 | Term ended no later than Aug 2026 | no later than Aug 2026 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,706,308, US 9,319,930, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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