Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2024 (Fortress Investment Group (UK) Ltd.).
Term ends Nov 13, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2033
Filed Dec 19, 2013 as application 14/135,278 · Granted Oct 31, 2017
Base term plus 329 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2013
Dec 19, 2013
Term ends
Nov 13, 2034
Nov 13, 2034
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 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
329
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.
6
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 329 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, 2013, when this application, 14/135,278, was filed | Dec 19, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +329 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 13, 2034 | 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 | Nov 13, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,805,500 | this patent Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 10,366,530 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,665,009 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 11,182,952 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 11,657,565 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 12,682,556 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2014 Reel 33960, frame 10 | Yang, Xile; Howson, John; Fenney, Simon | Imagination Technologies, Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2024 Reel 68221, frame 1 | Imagination Technologies Limited | Fortress Investment Group (UK) Ltd. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2034
Term ends Nov 13, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 329 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
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.
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.