Lapsed Jun 1, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 6, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Aug 6, 2004 as application 10/913,105 · Granted Jun 1, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1550 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 1, 2022
2004
2028
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2004
Aug 6, 2004
No longer in force
Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
Granted
Jun 1, 2010
Jun 1, 2010
Term would have run to
Nov 3, 2028
Nov 3, 2028
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
1,550
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 Nov 3, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 1550 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 6, 2004, when this application, 10/913,105, was filed | Aug 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1550 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 3, 2028 | 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 | lapsed Jun 1, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 1, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,728,821 | this patent Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,719,523 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,907,124 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2005/027811 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,724,242 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2006/019469 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,269,739 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,139,043 | Term ended no later than Sep 2024 | no later than Sep 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2004 Reel 15380, frame 314 | Hillis, W. Daniel; Ferren, Bran; McKinley, Ryan | Applied Minds | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2006 Reel 17754, frame 22 | Applied Minds, Inc. | Touchtable, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2013 Reel 30651, frame 496 | Applied Minds, LLC | Touchtable, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30713, frame 183 | Touchtable, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 1550 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
181
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 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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