Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 27, 2017 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Lapsed Apr 21, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 3, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Oct 26, 2007 as application 11/925,496 · Granted Apr 21, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 21, 2021
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2006
Jun 3, 2006
No longer in force
Apr 21, 2021
Apr 21, 2021
Granted
Apr 21, 2009
Apr 21, 2009
Term would have run to
Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
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 7,288,946, US 7,449,895, to Jun 3, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 Jun 3, 2026: 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
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 3, 2006, when application 11/446,323, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 26, 2007) | Jun 3, 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 7,288,946, US 7,449,895) | resolves to Jun 3, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 21, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 21, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,301,350 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,449,895 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,262,609 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,417,441 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,777,501 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,521,941 | this patent Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,902,842 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,521,942 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2014 Reel 33888, frame 851 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2015 Reel 37302, frame 421 | Reynolds, Joseph Kurth; Hargreaves, Kirk; Ely, David; Routley, Paul; Haines, Julian | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 44037, frame 896 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,288,946, US 7,449,895, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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