Also listed on RCS Technology, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Jun 27, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2037
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Dec 31, 2017 as application 15/859,573 · Granted Sep 19, 2023
Base term plus 909 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2040
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2017
Dec 31, 2017
Term ends
Jun 27, 2040
Jun 27, 2040
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
909
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows 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 909 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Dec 31, 2017, when this application, 15/859,573, was filed | Dec 31, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +909 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 27, 2040 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 27, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,761,662 | this patent Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2018/066542 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,638,208 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| Application 19/688,221 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2018 Reel 44731, frame 342 | Thibault, Thomas | Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2018 Reel 46372, frame 139 | Ecolink Intelligent Technology, Inc. | RCS Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2022 Reel 60482, frame 23 | RCS Technology, LLC | 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
Jun 2040
Term ends Jun 27, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 909 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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
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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.