Term ends Aug 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2028
Filed Sep 9, 2019 as application 16/564,988 · Granted Aug 10, 2021
Base term plus 12 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2008
Aug 11, 2008
Term ends
Aug 23, 2028
Aug 23, 2028
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Aug 10, 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
12
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,319,935, to Aug 23, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 12 days past its 20-year base term on 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 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 Aug 11, 2008, when application 12/189,586, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 9, 2019) | Aug 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +12 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,319,935) | resolves to Aug 23, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Aug 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,319,935 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,440,609 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,089,509 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 11,653,265 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2020 Reel 52176, frame 923 | LG Electronics Inc. | Wild Guard Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2021 Reel 56766, frame 570 | Fischer, Patrick | LG Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 60894, frame 941 | Wild Guard Ltd. | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 23, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 12 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,319,935, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
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.