Patents in Auriga vs. Intel (settled)In the complaint against Intel filed 2020-08-25 there were 7 patents involved. It's interesting that they all have many years before expiration. Here's a list including Google's estimated expiration dates.
Patent 7,888,736 - filed 2007-08-29 - issued 2011-02-15 - expires 2029-07-05
Patent 7,763,932 - filed 2006-06-29 - issued 2010-07-27 - expires 2029-05-07
Patent 9,000,537 - filed 2014-07-17 - issued 2015-04-07 - expires 2033-01-08
Patent 8,957,479 - filed 2013-07-02 - issued 2015-02-17 - expires 2030-11-02
Patent 8,234,594 - filed 2006-10-24 - issued 2012-07-31 - expires 2031-06-01
Patent 8,901,738 - filed 2012-11-12 - issued 2014-12-02 - expires 2032-11-12
Patent 9,362,229 - filed 2014-10-16 - issued 2016-06-07 - expires 2032-11-12
All from public sources. Yes, the last two patents have the same expiration date.
The expiration dates range from mid-2029 through the start of 2033 and this is a multi-year deal. So if this is going to extend over the lives of these patents then we're looking at recurring revenues for 9 years, then tapering off for 3 more years.
It might not be so simple as I'm supposing and if someone out there knows better than I how this type of thing is typically structured, I'd love to hear.
Regardless, it looks like this will lead to new recurring revenues for a good number of years. Also, this could lead (in the Q3 release) to an immediate signifcant jump in recurring revenues--which would make the strong Q3 result even better.