Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ended Mar 10, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 21, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Dec 15, 2016 as application 15/380,130 · Granted Jan 29, 2019
Base term plus 17 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Mar 10, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2006
Feb 21, 2006
Term ended
Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Jan 29, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
17
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 17 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Feb 21, 2006, when application 11/359,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 21, 2026 | 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 | +17 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 10, 2026 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 10, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,668,197 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,761,199 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,582,996 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,192,428 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,490,064 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Application 16/595,684 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,657,703 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 11,961,391 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2016 Reel 40995, frame 712 | Vergis, George | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
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Note
The 17 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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