Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ended Aug 6, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 16, 2023
Held by Invensas Corporation
Filed May 10, 2005 as application 11/125,624 · Granted Sep 4, 2007
Base term plus 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Aug 6, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2003
Jun 16, 2003
Term ended
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
Granted
Sep 4, 2007
Sep 4, 2007
base term
patent term adjustment
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
51
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, 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 grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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 51 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 16, 2003, when application 10/462,576, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 10, 2005) | Jun 16, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +51 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 6, 2023 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 6, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,972,480 | Term ended Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 7,192,796 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 7,265,440 | this patent Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 7,935,568 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,495,341 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 7,807,508 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,642,629 | Term ended Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 7,479,398 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
8 of 10 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2006 Reel 17271, frame 666 | Zilber, Gil; Katraro, Reuven; Aksenton, Julia; Oganesian, Vage | Shellcase Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2006 Reel 17552, frame 170 | Shellcase Ltd., Also Sometimes Known as Shellcase, Ltd. | Tessera Technologies Hungary KFT. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2010 Reel 25592, frame 734 | Tessera Technologies Hungary Holding Limited Liability Company | Tessera Technologies Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 11, 2011 Reel 26739, frame 875 | Tessera Technologies Ireland Limited | DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited | Change of Name |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27137, frame 397 | Tessera Technologies Ireland Limited | DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited | Correction to Reel 026739 Frame 0875 to Correction the Address of Receiving Party. |
| Mar 20, 2013 Reel 30065, frame 817 | DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited | Invensas Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2016 Reel 40797, frame 1 | Invensas Corporation; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; Ziptronix, Inc.; DigitalOptics Corporation; DigitalOptics Corporation Mems; DTS, LLC; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 53468, frame 1 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 Reel 52920, frame 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc.; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.); FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems); Invensas Corporation; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; DTS LLC; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Phorus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
126
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2007 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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