Also listed on IMEC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 12, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2028
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated and IMEC
Filed Dec 12, 2008 as application 12/334,433 · Granted May 10, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2008
Dec 12, 2008
Term ends
Dec 12, 2028
Dec 12, 2028
Granted
May 10, 2011
May 10, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 12, 2008, when this application, 12/334,433, was filed | Dec 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 12, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,939,926 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2009/067682 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,985,620 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2019 | Jul 2019 |
| US 8,076,768 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 |
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 12, 2008 Reel 21974, frame 380 | Kaskoun, Kenneth; Gu, Shiqun; Swinnen, Bart | Qualcomm Incorporated; IMEC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Kaskoun, Kenneth; Swinnen, Bart; Gu, Shiqun | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Kaskoun, Kenneth; Swinnen, Bart; Gu, Shiqun | IMEC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 12, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
92
later US patents cite this one
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