Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 26, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 15, 2025
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Dec 14, 2007 as application 11/957,332 · Granted Jan 22, 2013
Base term plus 1229 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Apr 15, 2005
Apr 15, 2005
Term ends
Aug 26, 2028
Aug 26, 2028
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Jan 22, 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
1,229
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.
16
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 1229 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 Apr 15, 2005, when application 11/107,682, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2007) | Apr 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1229 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 2028 | 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 26, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,463,756 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 8,077,935 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 7,751,601 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,447,077 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,165,355 | In force no later than Apr 2029 | no later than Apr 2029 |
| US 8,358,815 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,229,184 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
| US 8,131,026 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2008 Reel 20428, frame 631 | Bankley, Fred George; Geoffrey, David Joseph; Satyon, Pallavi | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2009 Reel 23150, frame 406 | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 21, 2010 Reel 25169, frame 934 | Silicon Valley Bank | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2012 Reel 28427, frame 12 | Benkley, Fred George | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Inventor Name for Fred George Benkley Previously Recorded on Reel 020428 Frame 0631. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Correct Inventor Name Is Fred George Benkley as Provided for in the Original Assignment. |
| Nov 21, 2013 Reel 31693, frame 882 | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Validity Sensors, LLC | Merger |
| Dec 20, 2013 Reel 31866, frame 585 | Validity Sensors, LLC | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2014 Reel 32285, frame 272 | Validity Sensors, LLC | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2014 Reel 33888, frame 851 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 44037, frame 896 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1229 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
57
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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