Also listed on InterDigital Technology Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 14, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2028
Filed Nov 19, 2008 as application 12/273,598 · Granted Dec 1, 2015
Base term plus 906 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2008
Nov 19, 2008
Term ends
May 14, 2031
May 14, 2031
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 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
906
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.
5
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 906 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 Nov 19, 2008, when this application, 12/273,598, was filed | Nov 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +906 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 14, 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 | May 14, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,204,344 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,924,417 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,499,290 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,246,066 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,729,677 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2009 Reel 22156, frame 102 | Wang, Jin; Levy, Joseph S.; Terry, Stephen E.; Olvera-hernandez, Ulises | InterDigital Technology Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2015 Reel 36776, frame 761 | Wang, Jin; Levy, Joseph S.; Terry, Stephen E.; Olvera-hernandez, Ulises | InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 022156 Frame: 0102. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 14, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 906 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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