Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 3, 2014 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ended Nov 15, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 15, 2025
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Sep 21, 2026.
Held by Synaptics Incorporated
Filed Feb 11, 2014 as application 14/177,566 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 15, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2005
Nov 15, 2005
Term ended
Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| 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 Feb 11, 2014) | Nov 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Sep 21, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 15, 2025 | 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2014 Reel 32248, frame 679 | Reynolds, J. Kurth | 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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Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
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