Term ends Apr 23, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2027
Held by HFI Innovation Inc.
Filed Dec 19, 2007 as application 11/960,407 · Granted Aug 18, 2015
Base term plus 1221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2007
Dec 19, 2007
Term ends
Apr 23, 2031
Apr 23, 2031
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Aug 18, 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
1,221
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
7
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 1221 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Dec 19, 2007, when this application, 11/960,407, was filed | Dec 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1221 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 23, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 23, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,112,985 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,954,738 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,438,608 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,881,150 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| US 10,482,238 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,126,710 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
6 of 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2007 Reel 20278, frame 847 | Lappetelainen, Antti; Laaksonen, Miika | Nokia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2011 Reel 26894, frame 665 | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. | Nokia Corporation; Microsoft Corporation | Short Form Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 13, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. | Nokia Corporation | Short Form Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 13, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. | Microsoft Corporation | Short Form Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27120, frame 608 | Nokia Corporation | Nokia 2011 Patent Trust | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27121, frame 353 | Nokia 2011 Patent Trust | 2011 Intellectual Property Asset Trust | Change of Name |
| Jan 4, 2012 Reel 27485, frame 1 | 2011 Intellectual Property Asset Trust | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2016 Reel 39872, frame 112 | Nokia Corporation | Microsoft Corporation | Ucc Financing Statement Amendment - Deletion of Secured Party |
| Oct 20, 2017 Reel 44250, frame 398 | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Change of Name |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46897, frame 1 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Apr 13, 2021 Reel 55910, frame 698 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 2, 2023 Reel 63507, frame 900 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2025 Reel 71292, frame 785 | Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. | MediaTek Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 16, 2026 Reel 75402, frame 42 | MediaTek Inc. | HFI Innovation Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 23, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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