Term ends Aug 19, 2028 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2028
Filed Jul 6, 2021 as application 17/368,596 · Granted May 16, 2023
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2008
Aug 11, 2008
Term ends
Aug 19, 2028
Aug 19, 2028
Granted
May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023
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
8
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 11,089,509, to Aug 19, 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 8 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: Low. 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 Jul 6, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 11, 2028 | 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 | +8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,089,509) | resolves to Aug 19, 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 |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 16564988, 15065419, 12189586 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 19, 2028 | Low 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 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 11,653,265 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2021 Reel 56766, frame 630 | Fischer, Patrick | LG Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2021 Reel 56766, frame 717 | LG Electronics Inc. | Wild Guard Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2023 Reel 64659, frame 395 | 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 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 8 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 11,089,509, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 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.