Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 27, 2017 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Lapsed Dec 25, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 15, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Dec 7, 2010 as application 12/962,096 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 133 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 25, 2024
2005
2026
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2005
Nov 15, 2005
No longer in force
Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012
Term would have run to
Mar 28, 2026
Mar 28, 2026
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
133
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 7,868,874, to Mar 28, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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 Mar 28, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 133 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 15, 2005, when application 11/274,999, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2010) | Nov 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +133 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,868,874) | resolves to Mar 28, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 25, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 25, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,868,874 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2006/040266 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,338,724 | this patent Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 8,314,351 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,558,811 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,952,916 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,012,793 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 8,809,702 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2014 Reel 33888, frame 851 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2015 Reel 35086, frame 683 | Reynolds, J. Kurth | Synaptics Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 44037, frame 896 | Synaptics Incorporated | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 133 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 7,868,874, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
47
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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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