Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ended Sep 21, 2021 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 21, 2021
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Feb 14, 2022.
Held by Invensas Corporation
Filed Sep 2, 2003 as application 10/381,216 · Granted Jan 12, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 21, 2021
2001
2026
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2001
Sep 21, 2001
Term ended
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021
Granted
Jan 12, 2010
Jan 12, 2010
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
222
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 is its 20-year base term, with no 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 Sep 21, 2001, when application PCT/DE2001/003651, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2003) | Sep 21, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Feb 14, 2022, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 21, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,055,072 | Term ended Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 7,647,445 | this patent Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 7,245,005 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2015 | Jul 2015 |
| US 6,858,946 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 |
| US 7,119,421 | Term ended Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 7,454,188 | Term ended Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 7,361,976 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 7,578,425 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
8 of 222 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2003 Reel 14454, frame 758 | Drescher, Wolfram; Fettweis, Gerhard | Systemonic AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2008 Reel 21523, frame 877 | Systemonic AG | Philips Semiconductors Dresden AG | Change of Name |
| Sep 15, 2008 Reel 21523, frame 925 | Philips Semiconductors Dresden AG | NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH | Merger |
| Sep 16, 2008 Reel 21531, frame 289 | NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH | NXP B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 8, 2011 Reel 26725, frame 852 | NXP Semiconductors N.V., on Behalf of Its Subsidiaries, Including NXP B.V. | Invensas Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2012 Reel 28407, frame 179 | NXP Semiconductors N.V., on Behalf of Itself and Its Subsidiaries, Including NXP B.V. | Invensas Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct Name of Conveying Parties Previously Recorded on Reel 026725, Frame 0852. |
| 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 Corporation | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 53468, frame 1 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 Reel 52920, frame 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, 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 Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | FotoNation 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 Canada | Invensas Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Phorus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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