Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Aug 29, 2030 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2030
Held by Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
Filed Sep 23, 2016 as application 15/274,295 · Granted Jun 9, 2020
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2010
Mar 25, 2010
Term ends
Aug 29, 2030
Aug 29, 2030
Granted
Jun 9, 2020
Jun 9, 2020
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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,576,202, to Aug 29, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 157 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Mar 25, 2010, when application 12/732,132, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 25, 2030 | 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 | +157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,576,202) | resolves to Aug 29, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 12732132, 12732132, 12732132 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 29, 2030 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application 12/732,132 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,576,202 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,552,106 | In force no later than Mar 2030 | no later than Mar 2030 |
| US 10,678,379 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
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 19, 2016 Reel 40055, frame 160 | Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Gao, Ting; Kent, Joel C.; Haller, Jeffrey T.; Scharff, Daniel H.; Avery, Timothy O. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2017 Reel 44652, frame 421 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 14, 2018 Reel 47909, frame 833 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 Reel 47956, frame 114 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64571, frame 711 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Address Change |
| Mar 27, 2025 Reel 70666, frame 540 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2025 Reel 70670, frame 714 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interests (First Lien) in Patents |
| Sep 30, 2025 Reel 72982, frame 372 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 070666/FRAME 0540 |
| Dec 17, 2025 Reel 74005, frame 708 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 29, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,576,202, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.