Lapsed Sep 15, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by ST-Ericsson S.A.
Filed Dec 12, 2006 as application 11/609,676 · Granted Sep 15, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 283 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 15, 2021
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
No longer in force
Sep 15, 2021
Sep 15, 2021
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Term would have run to
Sep 21, 2027
Sep 21, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
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
283
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
18
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 Sep 21, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 283 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 Dec 12, 2006, when this application, 11/609,676, was filed | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +283 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 21, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 15, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 15, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,742,519 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,385,862 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,249,161 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,954,017 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,589,507 | this patent Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 8,605,098 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 8,296,497 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,108,744 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2007 Reel 19065, frame 441 | Mandal, Sajal Kumar | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 27, 2014 Reel 33624, frame 1 | Stmicroelectronics N.V.; Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | ST Wireless S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 2, 2014 Reel 33673, frame 367 | ST Wireless S.A. | ST-Ericsson S.A. | Change of Name |
| Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37739, frame 493 | ST-Ericsson S.A. | ST-Ericsson S.A., En Liquidation | Status Change-Entity in Liquidation |
Sources
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Note
The 283 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
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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