Also listed on Sarnoff Europe, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jan 8, 2029 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Sofics Bvba

Filed Aug 8, 2008 as application 12/188,376 · Granted Apr 24, 2012

Base term plus 153 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Jan 8, 2029

2008 2029

Clock starts
Aug 8, 2008

Term ends
Jan 8, 2029

Granted
Apr 24, 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

153

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 153 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 Aug 8, 2008, when this application, 12/188,376, was filed	Aug 8, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+153 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Jan 8, 2029	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	Jan 8, 2029	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 14, 2008 Reel 21678, frame 394	Van Camp, Benjamin; Wybo, Geert; Verleye, Stefaan	Sarnoff Corporation; Sarnoff Europe Bvba	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2008 reel/frame not recorded	Van Camp, Benjamin; Wybo, Geert; Verleye, Stefaan	Sarnoff Corporation	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2008 reel/frame not recorded	Van Camp, Benjamin; Wybo, Geert; Verleye, Stefaan	Sarnoff Europe Bvba	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2009 Reel 22938, frame 643	Sarnoff Corporation	Sarnoff Europe Bvba	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 23, 2009 Reel 22994, frame 903	Sarnoff Europe	Sofics Bvba	Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

What's changing

Jan 2029

Term ends Jan 8, 2029. No further fees fall due before then

Note

The 153 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is above 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.

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