Term ends Oct 1, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2027
Held by OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jan 28, 2008 as application 12/011,520 · Granted Aug 7, 2012
Base term plus 1162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2007
Jul 27, 2007
Term ends
Oct 1, 2030
Oct 1, 2030
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 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
1,162
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.
5
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 1162 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 27, 2007, when application 11/881,732, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 28, 2008) | Jul 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1162 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 1, 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 1, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,223,179 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,237,754 | In force no later than Oct 2030 | no later than Oct 2030 |
| US 8,228,356 | In force no later than Oct 2030 | no later than Oct 2030 |
| US 8,237,756 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,237,748 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
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 16, 2011 Reel 25810, frame 149 | Aurora Systems, Inc. | OmniVision Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 1, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1162 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
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.