Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Sep 13, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 21, 2026
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Feb 21, 2006 as application 11/359,149 · Granted Feb 23, 2010
Base term plus 569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2006
Feb 21, 2006
Term ends
Sep 13, 2027
Sep 13, 2027
Granted
Feb 23, 2010
Feb 23, 2010
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
569
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
8
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 569 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Feb 21, 2006, when this application, 11/359,149, was filed | Feb 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +569 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 13, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 13, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,668,197 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,761,199 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,582,996 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,192,428 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,490,064 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Application 16/595,684 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,657,703 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 11,961,391 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2006 Reel 17617, frame 871 | Vergis, George | Zilog, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2009 Reel 22343, frame 395 | Zilog, Inc.; Zilog International, Ltd. | Uei Cayman Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 28, 2016 Reel 38402, frame 250 | Uei Cayman Inc. | C.G. Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2016 Reel 38416, frame 581 | C.G. Development Limited; Uei Cayman Inc. | 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
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 569 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 below the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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