Lapsed Jan 24, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Snaptrack, Inc.
Filed May 5, 2009 as application 12/436,059 · Granted Jan 24, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 24, 2020
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2006
Jun 30, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 24, 2020
Jan 24, 2020
Granted
Jan 24, 2012
Jan 24, 2012
Term would have run to
Jun 30, 2026
Jun 30, 2026
base term
after the term ends
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.
1 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 30, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 30, 2006, when application 11/478,702, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2009) | Jun 30, 2026 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 24, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 24, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,527,998 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2007/011812 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,102,590 | this patent Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 7,952,787 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2019 | May 2019 |
| US 8,964,280 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2019 | Feb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2009 Reel 23132, frame 514 | Tung, Ming-hau; Kogut, Lior | Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2009 Reel 23132, frame 551 | Qualcomm Incorporated | Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2009 Reel 23132, frame 691 | Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 31, 2016 Reel 39891, frame 1 | Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. | Snaptrack, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
47
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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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