Term ends Mar 31, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2026
Held by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Filed Nov 17, 2006 as application 11/561,333 · Granted May 18, 2010
Base term plus 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2006
Nov 17, 2006
Term ends
Mar 31, 2027
Mar 31, 2027
Granted
May 18, 2010
May 18, 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
134
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.
13
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 134 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 Nov 17, 2006, when this application, 11/561,333, was filed | Nov 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +134 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 31, 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 | Mar 31, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,719,382 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,639,101 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,863,999 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,063,714 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,797,120 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,922,294 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,135,388 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| Application PCT/US2014/072391 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 17, 2006 Reel 18533, frame 921 | Tsuzuki, Genichi; Willemsen, Balam A. | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2006 Reel 18538, frame 795 | Tsuzuki, Genichi; Willemsen, Balam A. | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Street Address Previously Recorded on Reel 018533 Frame 0921. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 27, 2012 Reel 29358, frame 271 | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. | Resonant LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 19, 2013 Reel 30657, frame 765 | Resonant LLC, a California Limited Liability Company | Daniel Landry, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 12, 2013 Reel 30792, frame 884 | Resonant LLC | Superconductor Technologies Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 16, 2014 Reel 33347, frame 205 | Superconductor Technologies, Inc. | Resonant LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2014 Reel 33348, frame 683 | Landry, Daniel | Resonant LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2014 Reel 34547, frame 616 | Resonant LLC | Resonant Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2023 Reel 62957, frame 864 | Resonant Inc. | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 31, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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.