When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Aug 2041 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Mar 2030 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jul 2030 · High confidence
Pointer Based Data Encryption
US 11,829,488
Cited by 62 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2041.
Self-Aligned Contacts
US 8,436,404
Cited by 324 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Playlist Compilation System and Method
US 8,516,093
Cited by 141 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Sep 2032 · High confidence
Cited by 161 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2032.
now held by MediaTek Inc.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 129 fees due Nov 14 to 30, 2026 · next Nov 14
- 160 fees due Dec 2 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 2
- 175 fees due Jan 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 452 fees due Feb 1 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 430 fees due Mar 1 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 1
- 507 fees due Apr 1 to 30, 2027 · next Apr 1
- 407 fees due May 3 to 28, 2027 · next May 3
- 415 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 395 fees due Jul 2 to 30, 2027 · next Jul 2
- 427 fees due Aug 2 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 475 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 381 fees due Oct 2 to 30, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 156 fees due Nov 3 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Nov 10Assignment recorded on 1 record: Muthusami, Kumar and 3 others to Intel Corporation Recorded Nov 10, 2026, executed Aug 6, 2025. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76695, frame 237.
- Nov 5Assignment recorded on 16 records: Intel Corporation to Intel Products IP LLC Recorded Nov 5, 2026, executed Apr 10, 2026. Conveyance as recorded: Assignment of Assignor's Interest. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76641, frame 477.
- 573 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 605 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 15,566 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Flexible architecture and instruction for advanced encryption standard (AES) | 15 in force | to Apr 2030 |
| Architecture and Instruction Set for Implementing Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) | 14 in force | to Feb 2030 |
| Coalescing Adjacent Gather/Scatter Operations | 13 in force | to Jun 2033 |
| Floating Body Memory Cell Having Gates Favoring Different Conductivity Type Regions | 13 in force | to Dec 2026 |
| Self-Aligned Contacts | 12 in force | to Mar 2030 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,471,163 | Oxide Overstress Tolerant Crystal Oscillator held by Intel Foundry IP LLC In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,489,033 | Electronic Assembly with Hot Spot Cooling held by Intel Foundry IP LLC In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,639,535 | Detection and Correction of Defects in Semiconductor Memories held by Intel NDTM US LLC In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,516,336 | System and Method for Power Reduction by Sequestering at Least One Device or Partition in a Platform from Operating System Access In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,018,063 | Solder Joint Reliability in Microelectronic Packaging held by Intel Foundry IP LLC In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,804,851 | Discovery Technique for Physical Media Interface Aggregation In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,200,027 | Methods and Apparatus for Retrieving Images from a Large Collection of Images held by Intel Products IP LLC In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,253,654 | Method and System for Recognizing Radio Link Failures Associated with HSUPA and HSDPA Channels In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,370,011 | Techniques to Provide Physical Resource Allocation Using a Tree-Based Structure and Communicate a Channel Quality Indicator held by Intel Products IP LLC In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 7,783,769 | Accelerated TCP (Transport Control Protocol) Stack Processing held by Intel Products IP LLC In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 20,767: 6,069 patents in force now held by others · 22,860 patents ended · 6,153 applications pending · 11,545 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.