Term ends May 31, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 4, 2026
Held by Nvidia Corporation
Filed Apr 22, 2010 as application 12/765,771 · Granted Nov 12, 2013
Base term plus 300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2006
Aug 4, 2006
Term ends
May 31, 2027
May 31, 2027
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 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
300
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 300 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 Aug 4, 2006, when application 11/462,529, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2010) | Aug 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +300 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 31, 2027 | 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 31, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,724,211 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,169,467 | In force no later than Feb 2031 | no later than Feb 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2007/007702 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,581,833 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,576,208 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,872,754 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,878,904 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2010 Reel 25082, frame 15 | Slavenburg, Gerrit A.; Fox, Thomas F.; Cook, David Robert | Nvidia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 31, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
67
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.
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.