Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 19, 2012 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 23, 2026
Held by Klipsch Group, Inc.
Filed Oct 23, 2006 as application 11/584,862 · Granted Mar 23, 2010
Base term plus 284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 23, 2006
Oct 23, 2006
Term ends
Aug 3, 2027
Aug 3, 2027
Granted
Mar 23, 2010
Mar 23, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
284
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.
3
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 284 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 Oct 23, 2006, when this application, 11/584,862, was filed | Oct 23, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +284 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 3, 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 | Aug 3, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,681,577 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/010723 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,201,561 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2006 Reel 18455, frame 407 | Blanchard, Mark A. | Klipsch, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2008 Reel 20897, frame 674 | Klipsch, L.l.c. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2008 Reel 20930, frame 980 | Klipsch, L.l.c. | LBC Credit Partners, L.P., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 22, 2010 Reel 24114, frame 637 | LBC Credit Partners, L.P., as Administrative Agent | Klipsch, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2010 Reel 24686, frame 209 | Klipsch, LLC | Klipsch Group, Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 7, 2011 Reel 26587, frame 906 | Audiovox Corporation; Audiovox Electronics Corporation; Code Systems, Inc.; Klipsch Group, Inc.; Technuity, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 14, 2012 Reel 27863, frame 559 | JPMorgan | Klipsch, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2012 Reel 27864, frame 905 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Voxx International Corporation; Audiovox Electronics Corporation; Code Systems, Inc.; Klipsh Group Inc.; Technuity, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Voxx International Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Audiovox Electronics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Code Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Klipsh Group Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Technuity, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 19, 2012 Reel 27884, frame 342 | Klipsch Group, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
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
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
101
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2010 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.