Term ends May 1, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Valens Semiconductor Ltd.
Filed May 12, 2011 as application 13/106,800 · Granted Oct 22, 2013
Base term plus 166 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2009
Nov 16, 2009
Term ends
May 1, 2030
May 1, 2030
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 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
166
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.
7
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 166 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 16, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/064638, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 12, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 16, 2029 | 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 | +166 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 1, 2030 | 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 | May 1, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/064638 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,307,401 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,670,076 | In force no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| US 8,565,259 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,661,476 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,871,700 | In force no later than Dec 2030 | no later than Dec 2030 |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2012 Reel 28124, frame 217 | Lida, Eyran | Valens Semiconductor Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 1, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 166 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
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.