Term ends Mar 28, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 30, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Universal City Studios LLC
Filed Mar 1, 2016 as application 15/057,994 · Granted Jan 22, 2019
Base term plus 211 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2007
Aug 30, 2007
Term ends
Mar 28, 2028
Mar 28, 2028
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 22, 2019
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
211
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
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 runs 211 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 30, 2007, when application 11/847,612, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +211 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 2028 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 28, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,014,965 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,296,400 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,183,685 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
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 1, 2016 Reel 37866, frame 351 | King, Steven Morris; Long, Henry William | General Electric Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2016 Reel 37866, frame 385 | General Electric Company | Universal City Studios LLLP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2016 Reel 37866, frame 403 | Universal City Studios LLLP | Universal City Studios LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 28, 2028.
Note
The 211 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.