Also listed on Zih Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 22, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,035,365, US 9,384,683), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Jun 29, 2018 as application 16/023,592 · Granted Nov 3, 2020
Base term plus 238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010
Term ends
Dec 22, 2030
Dec 22, 2030
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
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
238
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,035,365, US 8,470,733, US 8,877,679, US 9,384,683.
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.
5
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 238 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Dec 22, 2010, when application 12/976,205, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2018) | Dec 22, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +238 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 17, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,035,365, US 8,470,733, US 8,877,679, US 9,384,683) | capped to Dec 22, 2030 | Medium 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 | Dec 22, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,470,733 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,877,679 | Grace period ended Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,384,683 | In force no later than Dec 2030 | no later than Dec 2030 |
| US 10,035,365 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 2031 |
| US 10,821,762 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48470, frame 848 | Zih Corp. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
| Apr 18, 2019 Reel 48921, frame 941 | Hohberger, Clive; Womack, David; Alleshouse, Bruce; Clark, James; Strobel, Wolfgang | Zih Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49674, frame 916 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2020 Reel 53841, frame 212 | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 56036, frame 590 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Laser Band, LLC | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 22, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,035,365, US 8,470,733, US 8,877,679, US 9,384,683.
Citations
2
later US patents cite 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.