Term ends May 1, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2028
Filed Apr 16, 2008 as application 12/148,144 · Granted Aug 9, 2011
Base term plus 380 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2008
Apr 16, 2008
Term ends
May 1, 2029
May 1, 2029
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 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
380
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.
64
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 380 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 Apr 16, 2008, when this application, 12/148,144, was filed | Apr 16, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +380 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 1, 2029 | 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 | May 1, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,907,222 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2006/034715 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,994,622 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,350,850 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 7,969,514 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,805,591 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/061771 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,525,938 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2008 Reel 21372, frame 3 | Mohammed, Ilyas; Haba, Belgacem; Zohni, Wael; Osborn, Philip R. | Tessera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2016 Reel 40797, frame 1 | Invensas Corporation; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; Ziptronix, Inc.; DigitalOptics Corporation; DigitalOptics Corporation Mems; DTS, LLC; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 53468, frame 1 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 Reel 52920, frame 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc.; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.); FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems); Invensas Corporation; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; DTS LLC; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Phorus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 21, 2025 Reel 73657, frame 979 | Tessera, Inc. | Tessera LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 21, 2025 Reel 73658, frame 661 | Tessera LLC | Adeia Semiconductor Solutions LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 1, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 380 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
97
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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