Term ends Dec 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 3, 2026
Filed Oct 3, 2006 as application 11/542,507 · Granted Jul 29, 2014
Base term plus 804 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Oct 3, 2006
Term ends
Dec 15, 2028
Dec 15, 2028
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Jul 29, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
804
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.
6
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 804 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 Oct 3, 2006, when this application, 11/542,507, was filed | Oct 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +804 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 15, 2028 | 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 | Dec 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,792,858 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,276,961 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,153,755 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 12,108,251 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 12,120,513 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application 18/830,287 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2007 Reel 18872, frame 569 | Cantini, Renato; Aebi, Paul | Swisscom Mobile AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2009 Reel 23529, frame 473 | Swisscom Mobile S.A. (Swisscom Mobile Ltd.) | Swisscom (Schweiz) AG | Change of Name |
| Nov 18, 2009 Reel 23534, frame 784 | Swisscom (Schweiz) AG | Swisscom AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2022 Reel 60434, frame 883 | Swisscom AG | InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS | 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
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 804 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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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.