Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ended Jun 3, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 3, 2026
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Oct 26, 2007 as application 11/925,537 · Granted Mar 8, 2011
Base term plus 440 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Jun 3, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2006
Jun 3, 2006
Term ended
Jun 3, 2026
Jun 3, 2026
Granted
Mar 8, 2011
Mar 8, 2011
base term
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
440
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,288,946, US 7,449,895, US 7,777,501.
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.
16
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 440 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jun 3, 2006, when applications 11/445,856, 11/446,323 and 11/446,324, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Oct 26, 2007) | Jun 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +440 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,288,946, US 7,449,895, US 7,777,501) | capped to Jun 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 3, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,301,350 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,449,895 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,262,609 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,417,441 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,777,501 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,521,941 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,902,842 | this patent Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,521,942 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2008 Reel 20470, frame 339 | Reynolds, Joseph Kurth; Hargreaves, Kirk; Ely, David; Routley, Paul; Haines, Julian | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2014 Reel 33888, frame 851 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 44037, frame 896 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
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Note
The 440 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,288,946, US 7,449,895, US 7,777,501.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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