Term ends Dec 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2030
Held by MediaTek Inc.
Filed May 29, 2013 as application 13/990,224 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2010
Dec 21, 2010
Term ends
Dec 21, 2030
Dec 21, 2030
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015
base term
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.
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.
24
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 21, 2010, when application 12/975,278, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 29, 2013) | Dec 21, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,901,537 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/054198 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/054202 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/063813 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/066129 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,437,691 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,994,104 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,117,791 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
8 of 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2013 Reel 30942, frame 800 | Glass, Glenn A.; Murthy, Anand S.; Ghani, Tahir | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2022 Reel 60392, frame 603 | Intel Corporation | Daedalus Prime LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2023 Reel 62746, frame 654 | Intel Corporation | Daedalus Prime LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2023 Reel 63695, frame 134 | Intel Corporation | Daedalus Prime LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the US Patent 10,592,626 Should Have Been Identified as 10,593,626. Previously Recorded on Reel 060392 Frame 0603. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 12, 2025 Reel 73948, frame 951 | Daedalus Prime LLC | MediaTek Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 21, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
119
later US patents cite this one
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