Term ends Jun 19, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 19, 2028
Filed Mar 4, 2011 as application 13/041,192 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jun 19, 2008
Jun 19, 2008
Term ends
Jun 19, 2028
Jun 19, 2028
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
Dec 4, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,923,349, to Jun 19, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jun 19, 2008, when application 12/142,589, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 4, 2011) | Jun 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,923,349) | resolves to Jun 19, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jun 19, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/945,005 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/067541 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,923,349 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,324,081 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2012 Reel 29186, frame 755 | Vertical Circuits, Inc. | Vertical Circuits (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 21, 2013 Reel 29664, frame 521 | McElrea, Simon J.S.; Caskey, Terrence; McGrath, Scott; Melcher, De Ann Ellen; Co., Reynaldo; Andrews, Lawrence Douglas Jr.; Pan, Weiping; Villavicencio, Grant; Du, Yong; Crane, Scott Jay; Liu, Zongrong | Vertical Circuits, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2013 Reel 29683, frame 797 | Vertical Circuits, Inc. | Vertical Circuits Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2013 Reel 29686, frame 255 | Vertical Circuits Solutions, Inc. | Vertical Circuits, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 30, 2013 Reel 29736, frame 944 | Vertical Circuits (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Invensas Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2013 Reel 30229, frame 367 | McElrea, Simon J.s.; Caskey, Terrence; McGrath, Scott; Melcher, Deann Eileen; Co., Reynaldo; Andrews, JR., Lawrence Douglas; Pan, Weiping; Villavicencio, Grant; Du, Yong; Crane, Scott Jay; Liu, Zongrong | Vertical Circuits, Inc. | Correction to Reel 029664/FRAME 0521 to Correct the Name of Deann Eileen Melcher |
| Dec 2, 2016 Reel 40797, frame 1 | Invensas Corporation; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; Ziptronix, Inc.; DigitalOptics Corporation; DigitalOptics Corporation Mems; DTS, LLC; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2020 Reel 53468, frame 1 | Rovi Solutions Corporation; Rovi Technologies Corporation; Rovi Guides, Inc.; TiVo Solutions Inc.; Veveo, Inc.; Invensas Corporation; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc.; Tessera, Inc.; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 Reel 52920, frame 1 | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc.; Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.); FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems); Invensas Corporation; Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.; DTS, Inc.; DTS LLC; Phorus, Inc.; Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Bonding Technologies, Inc. (F/K/A Ziptronix, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | FotoNation Corporation (F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation and F/K/A DigitalOptics Corporation Mems) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Invensas Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | DTS LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Phorus, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Ibiquity Digital Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 Reel 73508, frame 745 | Invensas LLC | Adeia Semiconductor Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 24, 2025 Reel 73941, frame 814 | Invensas Corporation | Invensas LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,923,349, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.