Also listed on Ossic Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 10, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 10, 2036
Filed Aug 7, 2019 as application 16/534,936 · Granted Mar 2, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2016
Mar 10, 2016
Term ends
Mar 10, 2036
Mar 10, 2036
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,129,681, to Mar 10, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 10, 2016, when application 15/067,138, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2019) | Mar 10, 2036 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,129,681) | resolves to Mar 10, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 10, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,129,681 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| Application 16/188,126 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,939,225 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2020 Reel 52143, frame 562 | Riggs, Jason; Lyons, Joy; Acebal, Jose Arjol; Carr, David | Ossic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2020 Reel 52199, frame 775 | Ossic Corporation | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 10, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,129,681, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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.