Term ends Dec 6, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 14, 2031
Held by Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
Filed Feb 26, 2014 as application 14/191,096 · Granted Dec 27, 2016
Base term plus 145 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jul 14, 2011
Jul 14, 2011
Term ends
Dec 6, 2031
Dec 6, 2031
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Dec 27, 2016
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
145
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,696,925, US 9,263,175, to Dec 6, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 145 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 14, 2011, when application 13/183,329, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2014) | Jul 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +145 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 6, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,696,925, US 9,263,175) | resolves to Dec 6, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Dec 6, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,696,925 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/061733 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/040041 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,527,776 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2016 Reel 37974, frame 433 | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Trans-Tech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2016 Reel 38260, frame 189 | Trans-Tech, Inc. | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 6, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 145 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,696,925, US 9,263,175, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
19
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.