Term ended Apr 21, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 10, 2022
Held by Neonode Smartphone LLC
Filed Dec 10, 2002 as application 10/315,250 · Granted Jan 10, 2012
Base term plus 1228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Apr 21, 2026
2002
2026
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2002
Dec 10, 2002
Term ended
Apr 21, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Jan 10, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,228
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.
104
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 1228 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 10, 2002, when this application, 10/315,250, was filed | Dec 10, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1228 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 21, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 21, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,095,879 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 7,880,732 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,339,379 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 9,164,654 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 8,471,830 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/023429 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,213,443 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 |
| Application 12/760,568 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 104 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2004 Reel 16058, frame 28 | Goertz, Magnus | Neonode Sweden AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2006 Reel 18137, frame 448 | Neonode Sweden AB | Neonode AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2006 Reel 18163, frame 611 | Goertz, Magnus | Neonode Sweden AB | Corrected Assignment to Remove Incorrect Serial Number on Reel 016058/FRAME 0028. |
| Dec 11, 2008 Reel 21963, frame 667 | Neonode AB | Neonode Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2019 Reel 49099, frame 177 | Neonode Inc. | Aequitas Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2020 Reel 53196, frame 989 | Aequitas Technologies LLC | Neonode Smartphone LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Note
The 1228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
168
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.