Term ends Apr 12, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2029
Held by Analog Devices, Inc.
Filed Dec 16, 2009 as application 12/639,161 · Granted Nov 15, 2011
Base term plus 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2009
Dec 16, 2009
Term ends
Apr 12, 2030
Apr 12, 2030
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Nov 15, 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
117
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 117 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 Dec 16, 2009, when this application, 12/639,161, was filed | Dec 16, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +117 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 12, 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 | Apr 12, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,058,769 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,689,426 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,362,675 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
| US 8,629,599 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
| US 8,937,425 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2012/047015 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,762,202 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,602,074 | In force no later than Dec 2029 | no later than Dec 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2010 Reel 24583, frame 368 | Kuypers, Jan H.; Chen, David M.; Gaidarzhy, Alexei; Zolfagharkhani, Guiti | SAND9, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2015 Reel 36274, frame 273 | Sand 9, Inc. | Analog Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 12, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 117 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.