Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Mar 26, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 1, 2025
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Sep 12, 2008 as application 12/209,762 · Granted Dec 27, 2011
Base term plus 663 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2005
Jun 1, 2005
Term ends
Mar 26, 2027
Mar 26, 2027
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011
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
663
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,439,962, to Mar 26, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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 663 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 1, 2005, when application 11/143,275, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2008) | Jun 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +663 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,439,962) | resolves to Mar 26, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 26, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,439,962 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2006/021224 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,085,250 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,330,742 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 8,797,292 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 9,591,764 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
| US 9,990,061 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 10,254,860 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2011 Reel 27461, frame 583 | Reynolds, Joseph Kurth; Day, Shawn P. | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 663 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,439,962, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.