Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Lapsed Dec 9, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 15, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Apr 15, 2005 as application 11/107,682 · Granted Dec 9, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 486 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 9, 2020
2005
2026
Clock starts
Apr 15, 2005
Apr 15, 2005
No longer in force
Dec 9, 2020
Dec 9, 2020
Granted
Dec 9, 2008
Dec 9, 2008
Term would have run to
Aug 14, 2026
Aug 14, 2026
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
486
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
16
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 14, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 486 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Apr 15, 2005, when this application, 11/107,682, was filed | Apr 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +486 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 14, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 9, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 9, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,463,756 | this patent Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 8,077,935 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 7,751,601 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,447,077 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,165,355 | In force no later than Apr 2029 | no later than Apr 2029 |
| US 8,358,815 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,229,184 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
| US 8,131,026 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2005 Reel 16773, frame 367 | Benkley, III, Fred G. | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 28, 2005 Reel 17267, frame 327 | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Aug 26, 2009 Reel 23150, frame 406 | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 21, 2010 Reel 25169, frame 934 | Silicon Valley Bank | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 21, 2013 Reel 31693, frame 882 | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Validity Sensors, LLC | Merger |
| Dec 20, 2013 Reel 31866, frame 585 | Validity Sensors, LLC | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2014 Reel 32285, frame 272 | Validity Sensors, LLC | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2014 Reel 33888, frame 851 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 44037, frame 896 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
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Note
The 486 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
171
later US patents cite this one
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