Also listed on Thomson Licensing, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 27, 2024
Held by InterDigital CE Patent Holdings
Filed Apr 24, 2006 as application 10/576,930 · Granted May 11, 2010
Base term plus 799 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2004
Sep 27, 2004
Term ends
Dec 5, 2026
Dec 5, 2026
Granted
May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010
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
799
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 799 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 Sep 27, 2004, when application PCT/FR2004/050464, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 24, 2006) | Sep 27, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +799 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 5, 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 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,716,559 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2006 Reel 17825, frame 424 | Champel, Mary Luc | Thomson Licensing | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2018 Reel 47332, frame 511 | Thomson Licensing | InterDigital CE Patent Holdings | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2024 Reel 66703, frame 509 | Thomson Licensing | InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name from Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings to Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings, Sas. Previously Recorded at Reel: 47332 Frame: 511. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 5, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 799 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
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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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