Also listed on Qualcomm Switch Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 6, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 14, 2030
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Jul 14, 2010 as application 12/836,506 · Granted Jul 31, 2012
Base term plus 84 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jul 14, 2010
Jul 14, 2010
Term ends
Oct 6, 2030
Oct 6, 2030
Granted
Jul 31, 2012
Jul 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
84
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.
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 runs 84 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 Jul 14, 2010, when this application, 12/836,506, was filed | Jul 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +84 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 6, 2030 | 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 | Oct 6, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,232,597 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,357,975 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,912,646 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,921,168 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,859,347 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,412,644 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,368,468 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Application 15/173,251 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2010 Reel 24694, frame 315 | Stuber, Michael A.; Molin, Stuart B.; Nygaard, Paul A. | Io Semiconductor, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2013 Reel 29751, frame 726 | Io Semiconductor Incorporated | HSBC Bank Australia Limited | Security Agreement |
| Jun 11, 2014 Reel 33134, frame 338 | Io Semiconductor, Inc. | Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 15, 2015 Reel 36109, frame 237 | Io Semiconductor Incorporated | Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 033134 Frame: 0338. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Jul 20, 2015 Reel 36138, frame 857 | Stuber, Michael A.; Molin, Stuart B.; Nygaard, Paul A. | Io Semiconductor Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 024694 Frame 0315. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignee Name Should Be "IO Semiconductor Incorporated". |
| Oct 7, 2015 Reel 36812, frame 429 | HSBC Bank Australia Limited Abn 48 006 434 162 | Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc. (Formerly Known as Io Semiconductor) | Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest (PATENTS) |
| Oct 16, 2015 Reel 36877, frame 140 | Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc. | Qualcomm Switch Corp. | Change of Name |
| Oct 20, 2015 Reel 36907, frame 785 | HSBC Bank Australia Limited Abn 48 006 434 162 | Silanna Semiconductor U.S.A., Inc. (Formerly Known as Io Semiconductor) | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Erroneous Patent Number 9029901 to the Correct Patent No. 9029201 as Previously Recorded on Reel 036812 Frame 0429. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Termination and Release of Grant of Security Interest Against All Patents Set Forth Herein. |
| May 23, 2016 Reel 38794, frame 663 | Qualcomm Switch Corp. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 6, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 84 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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