Term ends Oct 21, 2027 · Medium confidence
Statutory term ends Jul 25, 2027
Base term plus 88 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 13 months
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2007
Jul 25, 2007
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014
Term ends
Oct 21, 2027
Oct 21, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
88
Days of PTA
9
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 88 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Jul 25, 2007 | Jul 25, 2027 | High |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High |
| Patent term adjustment | +88 days, USPTO PTA record | Oct 21, 2027 | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | in-force | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 21, 2027 | Medium |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-07-25+20y | =2027-07-25 | PTA+88d=2027-10-21 | PTE:none | TD:approved | paid 4yr@2018-02-19,8yr@2022-02-17,12yr@2026-02-18 | status=in-force@2027-10-21
terminal disclaimer approved - true expiration may be capped to family sibling
This family
| US 8,074,034 | in-force | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,046,546 | in-force | Aug 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/071051 | pending | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/071112 | pending | not computed |
| US 8,200,885 | in-force | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,200,929 | in-force | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,819,368 | this patent | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,812,802 | in-force | Jan 2028 |
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 22, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Sartore, Ronald H. | Agiga Tech Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 23, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Agiga Tech, Inc. | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Merger |
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 88 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 21, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
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: base rule, PTA, PTE, disclaimer caps, fee overlay, 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.