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Camera Snubber Assembly

US 7,646,969 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 3, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ended Nov 11, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Nov 8, 2005 as application 11/268,849 · Granted Jan 12, 2010
Base term plus 368 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 11, 2026
2005 2026
Clock starts
Nov 8, 2005
Term ended
Nov 11, 2026
Granted
Jan 12, 2010
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
368
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.
26
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 368 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 8, 2005, when this application, 11/268,849, was filedNov 8, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+368 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 11, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 11, 2026High confidence

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Application PCT/US2006/007024PCT application
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 7, 2005
Reel 16864, frame 678
Jayaraj, Kumaraswamy; Ngo, Tim Quang-tihn; Calvet, Robert J.; Gutierrez, Roman C.Siimpel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2010
Reel 25039, frame 213
Siimpel CorporationTessera Mems Technologies, Inc.Change of Name
Aug 23, 2011
Reel 26794, frame 897
Tessera Mems Technologies, Inc.DigitalOptics Corporation MemsChange of Name
Dec 2, 2016
Reel 40797, frame 1
Invensas Corporation; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; Ziptronix, Inc.; DigitalOptics Corporation; DigitalOptics Corporation Mems; DTS, LLC; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationRoyal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 11, 2020
Reel 52920, frame 1
Royal Bank of CanadaTessera, Inc.; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.); FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems); Invensas Corporation; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; DTS LLC; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaTessera, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaInvensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaFotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems)Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaInvensas CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaTessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaDTS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaDTS LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaPhorus, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 11, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of CanadaIbiquity Digital CorporationRelease of Security Interest
May 3, 2023
Reel 63529, frame 272
Adeia Guides Inc.; Adeia Imaging LLC; Adeia Media Holdings LLC; Adeia Media Solutions Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Advanced Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Inc.; Adeia Semiconductor Solutions LLC; Adeia Semiconductor Technologies LLC; Adeia Solutions LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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