Term ends Dec 6, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Filed Aug 13, 2007 as application 11/891,848 · Granted Jan 31, 2012
Base term plus 373 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Dec 6, 2027
Dec 6, 2027
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
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
373
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.
18
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 373 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 Nov 28, 2006, when application 11/605,833, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2007) | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +373 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 6, 2027 | 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 6, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,742,519 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,385,862 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,249,161 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,954,017 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,589,507 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 8,605,098 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 8,296,497 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,108,744 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2007 Reel 20214, frame 945 | Dubey, Prashant; Garg, Akhil; Bhaskarani, Sravan Kumar | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2013 Reel 31545, frame 817 | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Stmicroelectronics N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32445, frame 685 | Stmicroelectronics PVT. Ltd. | Stmicroelectronics International N.V. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 031545 Frame 0817. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 6, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 373 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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.