Term ends Sep 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 1, 2031
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Nov 28, 2018 as application 16/202,660 · Granted Dec 24, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2011
Sep 1, 2011
Term ends
Sep 1, 2031
Sep 1, 2031
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Dec 24, 2019
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
12
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 2 maintenance fees is 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 Sep 1, 2011, when application 13/224,210, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 28, 2018) | Sep 1, 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,142,108 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 8,773,263 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,779,595 | In force no later than Oct 2031 | no later than Oct 2031 |
| US 9,761,097 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 10,223,880 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,147,286 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 10,515,524 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,522,011 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2018 Reel 47607, frame 675 | Seelman, George; Bailey, Michael; Stone, Jay; Lamb, Michael; Thibault, Thomas | Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 Reel 69825, frame 183 | Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc. | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 1, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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