Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2008 (Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.).
Term ends Apr 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 7, 2027
Held by Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
Filed Aug 17, 2008 as application 12/193,007 · Granted Jan 15, 2013
Base term plus 811 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Feb 7, 2007
Feb 7, 2007
Term ends
Apr 28, 2029
Apr 28, 2029
Granted
Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013
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
811
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.
22
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 811 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 Feb 7, 2007, when application 11/703,080, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2008) | Feb 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +811 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 28, 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 | Apr 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,565,337 | In force no later than Mar 2032 | no later than Mar 2032 |
| US 8,085,858 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application 12/185,842 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,426,006 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,364,991 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,355,327 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 7,835,382 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,835,289 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2008 Reel 21700, frame 763 | Lida, Eyran; Avrahami, Avi; Benzaray, Alon; Banet, Nadav; Risling, Micha; Eyal, Massad; Brunin, Zeev | Valens Semiconductor Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2008 Reel 22025, frame 344 | Valens Semiconductor Ltd. | Kreos Capital II Limited; Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Valens Semiconductor Ltd. | Kreos Capital II Limited | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Valens Semiconductor Ltd. | Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 1, 2011 Reel 27167, frame 521 | Kreos Capital II Limited | Valens Semiconductor Ltd. | Release of Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 28, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 811 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.