Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2024 (Fortress Investment Group (UK) Ltd.).
Term ends no later than Dec 15, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 27, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Imagination Technologies Limited
Filed Jan 27, 2006 as application 11/340,957 · Granted Sep 21, 2010
Base term plus 1053 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2006
Jan 27, 2006
Ends no later than
Dec 15, 2028
Dec 15, 2028
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Sep 21, 2010
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
1,053
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
3 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.
22
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 1053 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 27, 2006, when this application, 11/340,957, was filed | Jan 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1053 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Dec 15, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,206,870 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,865,637 | Term ended no later than Oct 2025 | no later than Oct 2025 |
| Application 60/702,727 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/734,623 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,409,533 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 7,801,033 | this patent no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
| Application 11/458,061 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,945,803 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2006 Reel 17371, frame 207 | Jones, Anthony Mark; Wasson, Paul M.; Butts, Michael R. | Ambric, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2007 Reel 18777, frame 202 | Ambric, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2007 Reel 19116, frame 277 | Ambric, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Correction to Change Nature of Conveyance on Document #103361115 with R/F 018777/0202, Conveyance Should Read Security Agreement. |
| Mar 16, 2009 Reel 22399, frame 380 | Ambric, Inc. | Nethra Imaging Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2010 Reel 24611, frame 288 | Nethra Imaging, Inc. | Arm Limited | Security Agreement |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29809, frame 76 | Silicon Valley Bank | Ambric, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 11, 2013 Reel 31576, frame 540 | Metagence Technologies Limited | Imagination Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 11, 2013 Reel 31576, frame 320 | Nethra Imaging, Inc. | Metagence Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2024 Reel 68221, frame 1 | Imagination Technologies Limited | Fortress Investment Group (UK) Ltd. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends no later than Dec 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1053 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 15, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
180
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.