Term ends Sep 11, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 11, 2029
Held by GN Audio A/S
Filed Nov 17, 2020 as application 16/950,309 · Granted Jan 18, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Sep 11, 2009
Sep 11, 2009
Term ends
Sep 11, 2029
Sep 11, 2029
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,870,055, US 9,364,750, US 9,975,048, to Sep 11, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
67
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 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 Sep 11, 2009, when application 12/558,230, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 17, 2020) | Sep 11, 2029 | 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 10,870,055, US 9,364,750, US 9,975,048) | resolves to Sep 11, 2029, 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 | Sep 11, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,091,953 | Term ended Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| US 7,091,955 | Term ended Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 7,925,797 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 9,454,297 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 8,719,714 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 8,956,234 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 9,762,961 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 9,387,395 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 67 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2020 Reel 54748, frame 89 | Wolff-petersen, Jacob; Soelberg, Tino | Steelseries APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 735 | Steelseries APS | GN Audio A/S | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 75299, frame 264 | Steel Series APS | Steel Series APS | Change of Address |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 75299, frame 257 | Steel Series APS | GN Audio A/S | Merger |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 75299, frame 271 | GN Audio A/S | GN Hearing A/S | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 11, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,870,055, US 9,364,750, US 9,975,048, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.