Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 13, 2012 (Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.).
Term ends Oct 27, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 20, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vidyo, Inc.
Filed Jan 17, 2008 as application 12/015,956 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 1195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2006
Jul 20, 2006
Term ends
Oct 27, 2029
Oct 27, 2029
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 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
1,195
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.
43
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 1195 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 20, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/028365, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1195 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 27, 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 | Oct 27, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,403,552 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/028365 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/028367 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/028368 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/491,057 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2006/061815 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/062357 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/062569 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2008 Reel 20791, frame 575 | Civanlar, Reha; Hong, Danny; Shapiro, Ofer; Eleftheriadis, Alexandros | Vidyo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2012 Reel 29291, frame 306 | Vidyo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 46634, frame 325 | Venture Lending and Leasing VI, Inc. | Vidyo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2018 Reel 46737, frame 421 | Vidyo, Inc. | Esw Holdings, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 27, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
132
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.