Term ends no later than Dec 16, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 31, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Mar 9, 2009 as application 12/400,702 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term plus 46 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2006
Oct 31, 2006
Ends no later than
Dec 16, 2026
Dec 16, 2026
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 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
46
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
15
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 46 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Oct 31, 2006, when application 11/555,255, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2009) | Oct 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +46 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Dec 16, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,036,683 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/083217 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,260,214 | this patent no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 8,185,165 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,265,563 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,909,165 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,693,390 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2010/026466 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 15 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 2009 Reel 22367, frame 773 | Marlett, Jeff; Hendin, Neil; Tu, Jerome; Beninghaus, James | 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 32177, frame 210 | Hewlett-Packard Company; Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.; Palm, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends no later than Dec 16, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 46 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 16, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
17
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.