Term ended May 2, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 2, 2026
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jul 20, 2026.
Held by Intellectual Ventures II LLC
Filed Aug 11, 2020 as application 16/990,539 · Granted Jun 14, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 2, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 2, 2006
May 2, 2006
Term ended
May 2, 2026
May 2, 2026
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Jun 14, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
9
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 2, 2006, when application 11/416,865, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 11, 2020) | May 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jul 20, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 2, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,682,357 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,532,330 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,942,875 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,743,284 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,363,564 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,564,202 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,792,769 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 12,082,153 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 9 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 11, 2025 Reel 70818, frame 72 | Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC | Intellectual Ventures II LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 11, 2025 Reel 70822, frame 379 | Ipwireless, Inc. | Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
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later US patent cites this one
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