Term ended Nov 26, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 26, 2023
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Mar 25, 2024.
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Jul 11, 2018 as application 16/032,209 · Granted Feb 18, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 26, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Nov 26, 2003
Nov 26, 2003
Term ended
Nov 26, 2023
Nov 26, 2023
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Feb 18, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
6
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 26, 2003, when application 10/721,191, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2018) | Nov 26, 2023 | 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Mar 25, 2024, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 26, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,443,437 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,081,249 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 8,471,938 | Term ended no later than Nov 2023 | no later than Nov 2023 |
| US 10,032,825 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 10,566,379 | this patent Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 11,282,891 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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later US patents cite this one
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