Term ends Sep 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 4, 2026
Held by Nvidia Corporation
Filed Jan 11, 2006 as application 11/330,820 · Granted Mar 22, 2011
USPTO first gave this application the number US 7,865,189 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 993 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2006
Jan 4, 2006
Term ends
Sep 23, 2028
Sep 23, 2028
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011
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
993
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.
12
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 993 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 Jan 4, 2006, when application 11/325,829, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 11, 2006) | Jan 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +993 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 23, 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 | Sep 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/325,829 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,912,471 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,412,215 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,412,216 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,412,217 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,412,212 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,412,214 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,140,086 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
8 of 12 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 7, 2006 Reel 17441, frame 794 | Kodikara Patabandi, Chandrika K.; Anderson, Nicholas William | Ipwireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 21, 2009 Reel 22126, frame 215 | Ipwireless, Inc.; Ipwireless U.K. Limited; Ipw Parent Holdings Inc.; Ipw Holdings, Inc.; Ipwireless Pte Limited | Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2010 Reel 24233, frame 65 | Ipwireless, Inc.; Ipwireless U.K. Limited; Ipw Holdings, Inc.; Ipwireless Pte Limited | Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. Now Known as Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation by Reason of Merger | Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreeement |
| Apr 29, 2010 Reel 24305, frame 231 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Successor by Merger to Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.) | Ipwireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 29, 2010 Reel 24305, frame 492 | IP Wireless, Inc. | Wireless Technology Solutions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2012 Reel 27910, frame 649 | Wireless Technology Solutions LLC | Ipwireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2012 Reel 28260, frame 218 | IP Wireless, Inc.; VC Worldwide Ltd. | Nvidia Corporation | Patent Purchase Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 23, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 993 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
144
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.