Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 12, 2025 (Barclays Bank PLC).
Term ends Apr 16, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Altera Corporation
Filed Feb 17, 2010 as application 12/707,420 · Granted Apr 10, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2008
Apr 16, 2008
Term ends
Apr 16, 2028
Apr 16, 2028
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Apr 10, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 application 12/103,993, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 17, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 16, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 16, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,679,342 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2018 | Mar 2018 |
| US 8,154,261 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,283,901 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 9,246,390 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 8,410,769 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,541,991 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,692,532 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,686,698 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29805, frame 630 | Lopata, Douglas D.; Lotfi, Ashraf W. | Enpirion, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2022 Reel 60390, frame 187 | Enpirion, Inc. | Altera Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 11, 2022 Reel 61159, frame 694 | Altera Corporation | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2024 Reel 66353, frame 886 | Intel Corporation | Altera Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2025 Reel 73431, frame 309 | Altera Corporation | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
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