Term ends Oct 12, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by GN Store Nord A/S
Filed Oct 25, 2019 as application 16/663,678 · Granted Mar 15, 2022
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2011
Sep 14, 2011
Term ends
Oct 12, 2031
Oct 12, 2031
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Mar 15, 2022
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
28
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
13
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 28 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 14, 2011, when application 13/232,310, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 25, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 12, 2031 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 12, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,155,964 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/054122 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,861,893 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,391,402 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,512,844 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 11,020,667 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,273,377 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 11,547,941 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2019 Reel 51009, frame 892 | Aronzon, Michael; Hawver, Bruce; Grever, Arnie | Steelseries APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 950 | Steelseries APS | GN Store Nord A/S | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 12, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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.