Lapsed Jun 22, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 19, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by ST-Ericsson S.A.
Filed Dec 19, 2005 as application 11/311,024 · Granted Jun 22, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 893 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 22, 2022
2005
2028
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2005
Dec 19, 2005
No longer in force
Jun 22, 2022
Jun 22, 2022
Granted
Jun 22, 2010
Jun 22, 2010
Term would have run to
May 30, 2028
May 30, 2028
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
893
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 May 30, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 893 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 19, 2005, when this application, 11/311,024, was filed | Dec 19, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +893 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 30, 2028 | 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 Jun 22, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 22, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,742,519 | this patent 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2005 Reel 17362, frame 358 | Singh, Damanjit | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2016 Reel 37673, frame 562 | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | ST Wireless S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2016 Reel 37683, frame 128 | 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 893 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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