Term ends Dec 10, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 2, 2026
Held by Sealsq France
Filed Feb 2, 2006 as application 11/346,006 · Granted Jun 16, 2009
Base term plus 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2006
Feb 2, 2006
Term ends
Dec 10, 2026
Dec 10, 2026
Granted
Jun 16, 2009
Jun 16, 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
311
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 311 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 Feb 2, 2006, when this application, 11/346,006, was filed | Feb 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +311 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 10, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,548,164 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/033468 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2006 Reel 17736, frame 924 | Guez, Gregory; Bates, Colin | Atmel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2010 Reel 25381, frame 511 | Atmel Corporation | Inside Contactless S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2016 Reel 39542, frame 468 | Inside Contactless S.A. | Inside Secure | Change of Name |
| Apr 25, 2017 Reel 42328, frame 457 | Inside Secure | Vault-Ic France | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2017 Reel 42140, frame 915 | Vault-Ic France | Wisekey Semiconductors | Change of Name |
| Jan 2, 2026 Reel 73355, frame 308 | Wisekey Semiconductors | Sealsq France | Change of Name |
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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 10, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.