Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 27, 2017 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Nov 20, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 4, 2025
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Feb 13, 2017 as application 15/430,831 · Granted Oct 15, 2019
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Oct 4, 2005
Oct 4, 2005
Term ends
Nov 20, 2026
Nov 20, 2026
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Oct 15, 2019
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
412
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
16
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 412 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 Oct 4, 2005, when application 11/243,100, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2017) | Oct 4, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2026 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,463,756 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
| US 8,077,935 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 7,751,601 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,447,077 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,165,355 | In force no later than Apr 2029 | no later than Apr 2029 |
| US 8,358,815 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,229,184 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
| US 8,131,026 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2017 Reel 41238, frame 690 | Benkley, Fred G., III | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2017 Reel 41238, frame 909 | Validity Sensors, Inc. | Validity Sensors, LLC | Merger |
| Feb 13, 2017 Reel 41694, frame 228 | Validity Sensors, LLC | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 44037, frame 896 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
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Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 20, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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