Term ends Aug 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2027
Filed Apr 3, 2007 as application 11/695,983 · Granted Apr 18, 2017
Base term plus 860 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2007
Apr 3, 2007
Term ends
Aug 10, 2029
Aug 10, 2029
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Apr 18, 2017
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
860
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.
18
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 860 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 Apr 3, 2007, when this application, 11/695,983, was filed | Apr 3, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +860 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 10, 2029 | 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 | Aug 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,626,684 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 11/744,024 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,031,857 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 9,846,883 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application 11/764,524 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,639,563 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 8,812,355 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,031,858 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2007 Reel 19120, frame 46 | Angell, Robert Lee; Kraemer, James R. | International Business Machines Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51018, frame 649 | International Business Machines Corporation | Daedalus Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2020 Reel 51737, frame 191 | Daedalus Group, LLC | Daedalus Blue LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 28, 2022 Reel 58895, frame 322 | Daedalus Blue LLC | Terrace Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2022 Reel 58902, frame 482 | Daedalus Blue LLC | Terrace Licensing LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2023 Reel 66158, frame 772 | Terrace Licensing LLC | Daedalus Blue LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2024 Reel 69237, frame 643 | Daedalus Blue LLC | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 10, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 860 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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