Lapsed Jan 28, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 12, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Jul 10, 2012 as application 13/545,068 · Granted Jan 28, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 28, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Dec 12, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 28, 2026
Jan 28, 2026
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Jan 28, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 12, 2026
Dec 12, 2026
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,248,455, to Dec 12, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 12, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 12, 2006, when application 11/609,735, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 10, 2012) | Dec 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,248,455) | resolves to Dec 12, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,035,679 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,248,455 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,217,987 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,638,355 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2013 Reel 31785, frame 592 | Polycom, Inc.; Vivu, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40166, frame 162 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Polycom, Inc.; Vivu, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 94 | Polycom, Inc. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patents - First Lien |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 459 | Polycom, Inc. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patents - Second Lien |
| Sep 27, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Vivu, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 3, 2018 Reel 47247, frame 615 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46491, frame 915 | Plantronics, Inc.; Polycom, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2022 Reel 61356, frame 366 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plantronics, Inc.; Polycom, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Aug 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plantronics, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Aug 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64056, frame 894 | Polycom, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,248,455, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.