Also listed on Ageia Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 1, 2025
Held by Nvidia Corporation
Filed Aug 1, 2005 as application 11/193,531 · Granted Sep 8, 2009
Base term plus 513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Aug 1, 2005
Aug 1, 2005
Term ends
Dec 27, 2026
Dec 27, 2026
Granted
Sep 8, 2009
Sep 8, 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
513
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 513 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 Aug 1, 2005, when this application, 11/193,531, was filed | Aug 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +513 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 27, 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 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,586,489 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/028161 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2005 Reel 16836, frame 266 | Muller-fischer, Matthias; Schrim, Simon; Duthaler, Stafan | Ageia Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2005 Reel 16566, frame 65 | Ageia Technologies, Inc. | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 18, 2008 Reel 20827, frame 853 | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Ageia Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 28, 2008 Reel 21011, frame 59 | Ageia Technologies, Inc. | Nvidia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 27, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
134
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.