Lapsed Jun 9, 2017 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 25, 2025
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Oct 25, 2005 as application 11/258,975 · Granted Jun 9, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 396 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 9, 2017
2005
2026
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2005
Oct 25, 2005
No longer in force
Jun 9, 2017
Jun 9, 2017
Granted
Jun 9, 2009
Jun 9, 2009
Term would have run to
Nov 25, 2026
Nov 25, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
396
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
3
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 Nov 25, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 396 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 Oct 25, 2005, when this application, 11/258,975, was filed | Oct 25, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +396 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 25, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 9, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 9, 2017 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,546,026 | this patent Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 |
| Application PCT/US2006/060056 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,189,057 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2006 Reel 17263, frame 325 | Pertsel, Shimon; Pozniansky, Eli; Meitav, Ohad | Zoran Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2012 Reel 27550, frame 695 | Zoran Corporation | CSR Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 11, 2014 Reel 33134, frame 7 | CSR Technology Inc. | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2015 Reel 36642, frame 395 | Zoran Corporation | CSR Technology Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2017 Reel 41694, frame 336 | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 396 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
109
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.