Also listed on Ambric, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2024 (Fortress Investment Group (UK) Ltd.).
Term ends Nov 30, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 18, 2024
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Imagination Technologies Limited
Filed Feb 16, 2007 as application 11/676,206 · Granted Sep 28, 2010
Base term plus 895 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2004
Jun 18, 2004
Term ends
Nov 30, 2026
Nov 30, 2026
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Sep 28, 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
895
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 895 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jun 18, 2004, when application 10/871,347, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 18, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +895 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 30, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 30, 2026 | 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 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2007 Reel 18901, frame 44 | Jones, Anthony Mark; Wasson, Paul M.; White, Edmund H. | Ambric, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| 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
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 30, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 895 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.