Also listed on Kinglite Holdings Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 10, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 5, 2030
Held by Insyde Software Corporation
Filed May 5, 2010 as application 12/774,553 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term plus 828 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010
Term ends
Aug 10, 2032
Aug 10, 2032
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 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
828
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.
This patent's term runs 828 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 May 5, 2010, when this application, 12/774,553, was filed | May 5, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +828 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2032 | 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 10, 2032 | High confidence |
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 5, 2010 Reel 24341, frame 77 | Pulla, Prasanth; Banerjee, Amitrajit; Roychoudhury, Supriyo; Goswami, Pranjal | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2010 Reel 25406, frame 604 | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest - Patents |
| Nov 13, 2012 Reel 29291, frame 354 | Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC | Mep PLP, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Nov 15, 2012 Reel 29307, frame 590 | Mep PLP, LLC | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 21, 2012 Reel 29339, frame 716 | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Kinglite Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2012 Reel 29489, frame 861 | Kinglite Holdings Inc. | Hong Kong Technologies Group Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2013 Reel 29672, frame 842 | Hong Kong Technologies Group Limited | Insyde Software Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 10, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 828 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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.