Term ended Apr 5, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 5, 2024
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jun 29, 2026.
Held by Evertz Microsystems Ltd.
Filed Nov 25, 2019 as application 16/694,016 · Granted May 24, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Apr 5, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 5, 2004
Apr 5, 2004
Term ended
Apr 5, 2024
Apr 5, 2024
Granted
May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022
base term
after the term ends
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 8,537,838, to Apr 5, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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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. 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 Apr 5, 2004, when application 10/816,841, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 25, 2019) | Apr 5, 2024 | 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 8,537,838) | resolves to Apr 5, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jun 29, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 5, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,537,838 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,100,217 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 9,473,322 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 10,084,704 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 10,530,690 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 11,343,186 | this patent Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| Application 17/725,720 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2019 Reel 51104, frame 828 | Patel, Rakesh; Magarelli, Romolo | Evertz Microsystems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,537,838, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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