Term ends May 24, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2027
Filed Apr 26, 2007 as application 11/740,501 · Granted Aug 16, 2011
Base term plus 1124 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2007
Apr 26, 2007
Term ends
May 24, 2030
May 24, 2030
Granted
Aug 16, 2011
Aug 16, 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
1,124
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.
This patent's term runs 1124 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 26, 2007, when this application, 11/740,501, was filed | Apr 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1124 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2030 | 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 24, 2030 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2007 Reel 20028, frame 687 | Henmi, Masanori | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2008 Reel 21897, frame 534 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Corporation | Change of Name |
| Mar 25, 2015 Reel 35294, frame 942 | Panasonic Corporation | Socionext Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 22, 2021 Reel 55348, frame 229 | Socionext Inc. | Beijing Eswin Computing Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 24, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1124 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
80
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.
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.