Lapsed Oct 11, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Feb 22, 2016 as application 15/050,245 · Granted Oct 11, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 11, 2024
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 21, 2007
May 21, 2007
No longer in force
Oct 11, 2024
Oct 11, 2024
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Oct 11, 2016
Term would have run to
May 21, 2027
May 21, 2027
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,446,454, to May 21, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
Its term would have run to May 21, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 21, 2007, when application 11/751,558, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 22, 2016) | May 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,446,454) | resolves to May 21, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 11, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 11, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,289,371 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,446,454 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,542,266 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,294,726 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,041,767 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,516,272 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 9,467,657 | this patent Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 94 | Polycom, Inc. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patents - First Lien |
| Sep 27, 2016 Reel 40168, frame 459 | Polycom, Inc. | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patents - Second Lien |
| Jul 3, 2018 Reel 47247, frame 615 | Macquarie Capital Funding LLC | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 5, 2018 Reel 46491, frame 915 | Plantronics, Inc.; Polycom, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Aug 30, 2022 Reel 61356, frame 366 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plantronics, Inc.; Polycom, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Aug 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Plantronics, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Aug 30, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Polycom, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interests |
| Jun 22, 2023 Reel 64056, frame 947 | Polycom, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,446,454, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.