Term ends Jan 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 10, 2029
Held by Mobile Tech, Inc.
Filed Jul 31, 2019 as application 16/527,565 · Granted Apr 13, 2021
Base term plus 46 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 10, 2009
Jan 10, 2009
Term ends
Jan 10, 2029
Jan 10, 2029
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
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
46
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 10,026,281, US 10,373,456, US 11,344,140, US 8,698,617, US 8,698,618, US 9,786,140.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 46 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 1 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 10, 2009, when application 12/351,837, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 31, 2019) | Jan 10, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +46 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 25, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,026,281, US 10,373,456, US 11,344,140, US 8,698,617, US 8,698,618, US 9,786,140) | capped to Jan 10, 2029 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,344,140 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 10,464,780 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US 10,026,281 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 10,373,456 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 10,977,914 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 10,974,926 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49917, frame 819 | Wheeler, Wade; Henson, Donald; Schatz, Kris | Mobile Tech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 46 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 10,026,281, US 10,373,456, US 11,344,140, US 8,698,617, US 8,698,618, US 9,786,140.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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