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US 7,463,756 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Lapsed Dec 9, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Apr 15, 2005 as application 11/107,682 · Granted Dec 9, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 486 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 9, 2020
2005 2026
Clock starts
Apr 15, 2005
No longer in force
Dec 9, 2020
Granted
Dec 9, 2008
Term would have run to
Aug 14, 2026
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
486
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.
16
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Aug 14, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 486 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 15, 2005, when this application, 11/107,682, was filedApr 15, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+486 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 14, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 9, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 9, 2020High confidence

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US 7,463,756this patent
Dec 2020
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US 8,077,935In force
Apr 2028
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US 7,751,601In force
Oct 2028
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US 8,447,077In force
Aug 2028
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US 8,165,355In force
no later than Apr 2029
no later than Apr 2029
US 8,358,815In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
US 8,229,184Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
US 8,131,026In 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 14, 2005
Reel 16773, frame 367
Benkley, III, Fred G.Validity Sensors, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 28, 2005
Reel 17267, frame 327
Validity Sensors, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Aug 26, 2009
Reel 23150, frame 406
Validity Sensors, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Oct 21, 2010
Reel 25169, frame 934
Silicon Valley BankValidity Sensors, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 21, 2013
Reel 31693, frame 882
Validity Sensors, Inc.Validity Sensors, LLCMerger
Dec 20, 2013
Reel 31866, frame 585
Validity Sensors, LLCSynaptics IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2014
Reel 32285, frame 272
Validity Sensors, LLCSynaptics IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2014
Reel 33888, frame 851
Synaptics IncorporatedWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Sep 27, 2017
Reel 44037, frame 896
Synaptics IncorporatedWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

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