Also listed on ViXS, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 31, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 12, 2027
Filed Mar 12, 2007 as application 11/716,773 · Granted Apr 29, 2014
Base term plus 1866 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2007
Mar 12, 2007
Term ends
Jan 31, 2031
Jan 31, 2031
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014
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
1,866
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 8,165,210, US 8,189,668.
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.
3
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 1866 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: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 12, 2007, when this application, 11/716,773, was filed | Mar 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1866 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,165,210, US 8,189,668) | capped to Jan 31, 2031 | 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 | Jan 31, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,711,901 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| Application 12/828,035 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,917,757 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2007 Reel 19088, frame 165 | Young, Eric; Hong, Edward | ViXS Systems, Inc., a Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2009 Reel 22240, frame 446 | ViXS Systems Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Aug 18, 2017 Reel 43601, frame 817 | Comerica Bank | ViXS Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 31, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1866 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 8,165,210, US 8,189,668.
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.