Term ends Apr 21, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 24, 2024
Held by Zoom Communications, Inc.
Filed Jul 17, 2006 as application 10/586,356 · Granted Feb 15, 2011
Base term plus 1214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Dec 24, 2004
Dec 24, 2004
Term ends
Apr 21, 2028
Apr 21, 2028
Granted
Feb 15, 2011
Feb 15, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,214
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 1214 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 24, 2004, when application PCT/JP2004/019309, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2006) | Dec 24, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1214 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 21, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 21, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,890,258 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2006 Reel 18122, frame 40 | Endo, Yoshinori; Amaya, Shinichi | Xanavi Informatics Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2014 Reel 32631, frame 424 | Xanavi Informatics Corporation | Clarion Co., Ltd. | Merger |
| Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59501, frame 917 | Clarion Co., Ltd. | Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60368, frame 973 | Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2025 Reel 69839, frame 593 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Zoom Communications, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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