Term ends Oct 12, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 10, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
Filed Apr 16, 2010 as application 12/761,718 · Granted Feb 26, 2013
Base term plus 392 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2006
Nov 10, 2006
Term ends
Oct 12, 2027
Oct 12, 2027
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
392
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,696,736.
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.
6
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 392 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Nov 10, 2006, when application 11/558,797, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 16, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 10, 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 | +392 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,696,736) | capped to Oct 12, 2027 | 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 12, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,466,254 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,696,736 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,545,130 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,508,205 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,384,363 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24485, frame 360 | Latham, Paul W., II; Kenly, Stewart | L&L Engineering, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2011 Reel 26165, frame 364 | L&L Engineering, LLC | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 392 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,696,736.
Citations
2
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
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.