Term ends Feb 11, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 8, 2034
Held by Emm Innovations LLC
Filed Jan 8, 2014 as application 14/149,904 · Granted Sep 15, 2020
Base term plus 764 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2036
Clock starts
Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014
Term ends
Feb 11, 2036
Feb 11, 2036
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
764
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 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. 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 764 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Jan 8, 2014, when this application, 14/149,904, was filed | Jan 8, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +764 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 11, 2036 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 11, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,776,756 | this patent Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,436,565 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 12,026,674 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 12,579,516 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2014 Reel 31972, frame 552 | Ken-dror, Eli | Vicomi | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53148, frame 980 | Vicomi | Emm Patents Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2024 Reel 67106, frame 945 | Emm Patents Ltd. | Empire IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69729, frame 795 | Empire IP LLC | Emm Innovations LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2036
Term ends Feb 11, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 764 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.