Also listed on Avalon Microelectronics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 12, 2025 (Barclays Bank PLC).
Term ends Oct 30, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 14, 2029
Held by Altera Corporation
Filed Dec 14, 2009 as application 12/636,947 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term plus 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2009
Dec 14, 2009
Term ends
Oct 30, 2030
Oct 30, 2030
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013
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
320
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.
2
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 320 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 14, 2009, when this application, 12/636,947, was filed | Dec 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +320 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 2030 | 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 | Oct 30, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,498,370 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,718,215 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2010 Reel 24704, frame 235 | Haas, Wally; Pittman, Mutema John | Avalon Microelectronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 26, 2011 Reel 26181, frame 242 | Avalon Microelectonics Inc. | Altera Newfoundland Technology Corp. | Change of Name |
| Jan 9, 2012 Reel 27500, frame 519 | Altera Newfoundland Technology Corp. | Altera Canada Co. | Change of Name |
| Aug 29, 2022 Reel 60921, frame 206 | Altera Canada Ltd.; Intel of Canada, Ltd. | Intel of Canada, Ltd. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 29, 2022 Reel 61333, frame 7 | Altera Canada Co. | Altera Canada Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 29, 2022 Reel 61334, frame 500 | Intel of Canada, Ltd. | Intel Technology of Canada, Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Oct 10, 2022 Reel 61359, frame 223 | Intel Technology of Canada, Ltd. | Intel Technology of Canada, ULC | Change of Name |
| Oct 10, 2022 Reel 61368, frame 947 | Intel Technology of Canada, ULC | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2024 Reel 66353, frame 886 | Intel Corporation | Altera Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2025 Reel 73431, frame 309 | Altera Corporation | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 30, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.