Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Apr 2, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2028
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Sep 27, 2019 as application 16/586,071 · Granted Nov 23, 2021
Base term plus 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2008
Nov 28, 2008
Term ends
Apr 2, 2029
Apr 2, 2029
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Nov 23, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
125
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
8
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 125 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Nov 28, 2008, when application 12/315,169, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 27, 2019) | Nov 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +125 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 2, 2029 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 2, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,427,356 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,941,531 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,712,875 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 10,462,525 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 11,184,674 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 11,736,770 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 12,316,915 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| Application 19/207,554 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56531, frame 94 | Satish, Ramaiah | Zilog, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56561, frame 491 | Zilog, Inc. | Ixys CH GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56531, frame 517 | Ixys CH GmbH | Uei Cayman Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56531, frame 664 | Uei Cayman Inc. | C.G. Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 14, 2021 Reel 56531, frame 777 | C.G. Development Limited; Uei Cayman Inc. | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 2, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.