Term ends Aug 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 9, 2026
Held by Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
Filed Nov 9, 2006 as application 11/558,326 · Granted Mar 17, 2009
Base term plus 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2006
Nov 9, 2006
Term ends
Aug 3, 2027
Aug 3, 2027
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
267
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.
2
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 267 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 9, 2006, when this application, 11/558,326, was filed | Nov 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +267 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 3, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,505,287 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,443,700 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2006 Reel 18503, frame 843 | Kesterson, John William | Iwatt Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2009 Reel 23330, frame 187 | Iwatt Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2013 Reel 30112, frame 599 | Iwatt Inc. | Iwatt Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 6, 2013 Reel 30571, frame 636 | Silicon Valley Bank | Iwatt Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2014 Reel 32391, frame 234 | Iwatt Inc. | Dialog Semiconductor, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32427, frame 733 | Dialog Semiconductor, Inc. | Dialog Semiconductor Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.