Term ends Oct 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2026
Filed Nov 30, 2006 as application 11/606,827 · Granted Mar 29, 2011
Base term plus 693 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Nov 30, 2006
Term ends
Oct 23, 2028
Oct 23, 2028
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Mar 29, 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
693
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.
8
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 693 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 Nov 30, 2006, when this application, 11/606,827, was filed | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +693 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 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 | Oct 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,915,933 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,149,032 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,456,208 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,860,480 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,360,878 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,762,120 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,917,511 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,199,933 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2006 Reel 18653, frame 826 | Vlasenko, Peter; Mai, Huy Tuong | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2009 Reel 22542, frame 876 | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Change of Address of Assignee |
| Jan 10, 2012 Reel 27512, frame 196 | 658276 N.B. Ltd.; 658868 N.B. Inc.; MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Royal Bank of Canada | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) - Short Form |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32439, frame 638 | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 7, 2014 Reel 33484, frame 344 | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2014 Reel 33678, frame 96 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Address |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33706, frame 367 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender; Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46900, frame 136 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Oct 12, 2018 Reel 47645, frame 424 | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of U.S. Patent Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Nov 3, 2020 Reel 54295, frame 624 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 9, 2021 Reel 57448, frame 207 | Conversant Intellectual Property Inc. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64783, frame 33 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057448 Frame: 0207. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 23, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 693 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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