Term ends Aug 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 31, 2026
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Aug 24, 2009 as application 12/546,425 · Granted Dec 9, 2014
Base term plus 1010 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2006
Oct 31, 2006
Term ends
Aug 6, 2029
Aug 6, 2029
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 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
1,010
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.
15
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 1010 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 31, 2006, when application 11/555,255, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2009) | Oct 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1010 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 6, 2029 | 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 | Aug 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,036,683 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/083217 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,260,214 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 8,185,165 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,265,563 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,909,165 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,693,390 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2010/026466 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 15 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2009 Reel 23139, frame 84 | Hendin, Neil | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2010 Reel 25204, frame 809 | Palm, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2013 Reel 30341, frame 459 | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31837, frame 659 | Palm, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2013 Reel 31837, frame 544 | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Palm, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2014 Reel 32177, frame 210 | Hewlett-Packard Company; Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.; Palm, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 6, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1010 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
312
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.