Also listed on Pixim, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 21, 2031 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2031
Grace period ended Nov 13, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected
Held by Sony Electronis, Inc.
Filed Aug 29, 2014 as application 14/473,218 · Granted Nov 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2011
Dec 21, 2011
Term ends
Dec 21, 2031
Dec 21, 2031
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 13, 2018
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
1 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.
3
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its second maintenance fee ended Nov 13, 2026 with no payment on record. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 21, 2011, when application 13/333,133, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 29, 2014) | Dec 21, 2031 | 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 | The grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file | grace period ended Nov 13, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2031 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,847,136 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2011/067173 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,129,487 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
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 4, 2021 Reel 57686, frame 386 | Pixim, Inc. | Sony Electronis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 13
Grace period ended Nov 13, 2026 with no payment on record. The term ends early once USPTO posts the lapse
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 21, 2031.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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