Also listed on Palm, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 24, 2028
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Jun 24, 2008 as application 12/144,779 · Granted May 15, 2012
Base term plus 928 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2008
Jun 24, 2008
Term ends
Jan 8, 2031
Jan 8, 2031
Granted
May 15, 2012
May 15, 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
928
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.
3
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 928 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 Jun 24, 2008, when this application, 12/144,779, was filed | Jun 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +928 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 8, 2031 | 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, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,180,280 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,164,160 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,021,669 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 26, 2009 Reel 22315, frame 5 | George, Moses | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2009 Reel 23406, frame 671 | Palm, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 6, 2010 Reel 24630, frame 474 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Palm, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 28, 2010 Reel 25204, frame 809 | Palm, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2013 Reel 30341, frame 459 | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31837, frame 659 | Palm, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31837, frame 544 | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2014 Reel 32132, frame 1 | Hewlett-Packard Company; Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.; Palm, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 11, 2016 Reel 38244, frame 672 | George, Moses | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 8, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 928 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
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