Also listed on Hewlett-Packard Company, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2027
Filed May 21, 2007 as application 11/751,558 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 1547 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
May 21, 2007
May 21, 2007
Term ends
Aug 15, 2031
Aug 15, 2031
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
1,547
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.
7
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 1547 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 May 21, 2007, when this application, 11/751,558, was filed | May 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1547 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 15, 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 | Aug 15, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,289,371 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,446,454 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,542,266 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,294,726 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,041,767 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,516,272 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,467,657 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2007 Reel 19322, frame 733 | Wagner, Niv; Gavish, Zigi | Polycom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2013 Reel 31785, frame 592 | Polycom, Inc.; Vivu, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40166, frame 162 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Polycom, Inc.; Vivu, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 94 | Polycom, Inc. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patents - First Lien |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 459 | Polycom, Inc. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patents - Second Lien |
| Sep 27, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Vivu, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 3, 2018 Reel 47247, frame 615 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46491, frame 915 | Plantronics, Inc.; Polycom, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2022 Reel 61356, frame 366 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plantronics, Inc.; Polycom, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Aug 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plantronics, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Aug 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64056, frame 894 | Polycom, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 15, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1547 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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