Term ends Jan 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 14, 2026
Held by Qualcomm Incorporated
Filed Aug 3, 2012 as application 13/566,993 · Granted Nov 29, 2016
Base term plus 755 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2006
Dec 14, 2006
Term ends
Jan 7, 2029
Jan 7, 2029
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 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
755
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
36
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 755 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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 14, 2006, when application 11/610,595, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 3, 2012) | Dec 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +755 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 7, 2029 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,561,048 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2006/062133 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,872,583 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2009/059472 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,969,311 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,305,215 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,507,007 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,648,722 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
8 of 36 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 10, 2012 Reel 29106, frame 756 | Markhovsky, Felix; Prevatt, Truman | Invisitrack, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2016 Reel 38439, frame 118 | Invisitrack, Inc. | Polte Corporation | Change of Name |
| Aug 31, 2022 Reel 61362, frame 242 | Polte Corporation | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69817, frame 688 | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | Qualcomm Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 7, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 755 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
361
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.