Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 26, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 11, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,165,355), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Sep 11, 2006 as application 11/519,383 · Granted May 21, 2013
Base term plus 1133 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Sep 11, 2006
Sep 11, 2006
Term ends
Aug 26, 2028
Aug 26, 2028
Granted
May 21, 2013
May 21, 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
1,133
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 8,165,355, US 8,175,345, US 8,358,815.
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 1133 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 Sep 11, 2006, when this application, 11/519,383, was filed | Sep 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1133 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 18, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,165,355, US 8,175,345, US 8,358,815) | capped to Aug 26, 2028 | Medium 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 | Medium 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 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,165,355 | In force no later than Apr 2029 | no later than Apr 2029 |
| US 8,358,815 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2011 Reel 26266, frame 875 | Benkley, Fred George; Geoffroy, David Joseph | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1133 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 8,165,355, US 8,175,345, US 8,358,815.
Citations
109
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.