Term ends Sep 11, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 11, 2033
Held by Ericsson AB
Filed Jul 25, 2019 as application 16/522,361 · Granted Dec 29, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 11, 2013
Sep 11, 2013
Term ends
Sep 11, 2033
Sep 11, 2033
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Dec 29, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Sep 11, 2013, when application 14/024,301, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 25, 2019) | Sep 11, 2033 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 11, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,584,573 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 10,397,376 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 10,880,408 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,294,635 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| Application 19/195,808 | Pending not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 11, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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