Term ends Sep 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 10, 2026
Filed Aug 10, 2006 as application 11/463,788 · Granted Jan 13, 2015
Base term plus 767 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Aug 10, 2006
Aug 10, 2006
Term ends
Sep 15, 2028
Sep 15, 2028
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015
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
767
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.
4
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 767 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 Aug 10, 2006, when this application, 11/463,788, was filed | Aug 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +767 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 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 | Sep 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,931,780 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 7,902,840 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,435,628 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,618,316 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2006 Reel 18604, frame 29 | Zachut, Rafi; Perski, Hahn; Rimon, Ori; Kaplan, Amir | N-Trig Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2008 Reel 20454, frame 323 | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus II , Limited Partnership; Plenus II , (D.C.M.) Limited Partnership; Plenus Iii, Limited Partnership; Plenus III , (D.C.M.) Limited Partnership; Plenus III (2), Limited Partnership; Plenus III (C.I.), L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus II , Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus II , (D.C.M.) Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus Iii, Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus III , (D.C.M.) Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus III (2), Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | N-Trig Ltd. | Plenus III (C.I.), L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 6, 2010 Reel 23741, frame 43 | Plenus Ii, Limited Partnership; Plenus II, (D.C.M.), Limited Partnership; Plenus Iii, Limited Partnership; Plenus III (D.C.M.), Limited Partnership; Plenus III (2), Limited Partnership; Plenus III (C.I.), L.P. | N-Trig Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2010 Reel 25505, frame 288 | N-Trig, Inc. | Tamares Holdings Sweden AB | Security Agreement |
| Jul 28, 2011 Reel 26666, frame 288 | Tamares Holdings Sweden AB | N-Trig Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2015 Reel 35820, frame 870 | N-Trig Ltd. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 767 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
128
later US patents cite this one
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