Term ends Nov 22, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 30, 2025
Held by Intel Corporation
Filed Oct 29, 2012 as application 13/663,246 · Granted Feb 2, 2016
Base term plus 327 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2005
Dec 30, 2005
Term ends
Nov 22, 2026
Nov 22, 2026
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Feb 2, 2016
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
327
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 7,701,844, to Nov 22, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 327 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. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 30, 2005, when application 11/322,704, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2012) | Dec 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +327 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,701,844) | resolves to Nov 22, 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,701,844 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2006/004215 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,325,596 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,253,654 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,628,325 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2014 Reel 32541, frame 13 | InterDigital Technology Corporation | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 22, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 327 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 7,701,844, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.