Term ended no later than Feb 14, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 14, 2026
Held by Aeva, Inc.
Filed Feb 26, 2009 as application 12/393,522 · Granted Apr 5, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Feb 14, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2006
Feb 14, 2006
Ended no later than
Feb 14, 2026
Feb 14, 2026
Granted
Apr 5, 2011
Apr 5, 2011
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 14, 2006, when application 11/353,123, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2009) | Feb 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Feb 14, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,511,824 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 7,920,272 | this patent no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
| US 8,582,085 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 9,864,060 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,578,738 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
| US 11,467,282 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 12,693,413 | Term ended Feb 2026 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2009 Reel 22736, frame 340 | Sebastian, Richard; Belsley, Kendall | Digital Signal Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 6, 2016 Reel 37450, frame 1 | Digital Signal Corporation | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 14, 2018 Reel 45967, frame 293 | Digital Signal Corporation | DSC ABC, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2018 Reel 45588, frame 705 | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Digital Signal Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2018 Reel 45972, frame 417 | DSC ABC, LLC | Stereovision Imaging, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2018 Reel 45966, frame 780 | Stereovision Imaging, Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Dec 15, 2021 Reel 58520, frame 78 | Stereovision Imaging, Inc. | Mvi (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58533, frame 549 | Mvi (ABC), LLC | Aeva, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2021 Reel 58533, frame 569 | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Stereovision Imaging, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Feb 14, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.