Term ended Mar 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 1, 2024
Held by Sonos, Inc.
Filed Apr 1, 2004 as application 10/816,217 · Granted Jul 31, 2012
Base term plus 703 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Mar 5, 2026
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2004
Apr 1, 2004
Term ended
Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
Granted
Jul 31, 2012
Jul 31, 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
703
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.
110
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 703 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 Apr 1, 2004, when this application, 10/816,217, was filed | Apr 1, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +703 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 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 | Mar 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,234,395 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 7,571,014 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2004/023102 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/278,473 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,020,023 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,086,752 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 8,290,603 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 8,370,678 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
8 of 110 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2004 Reel 15175, frame 37 | Millington, Nicholas A. J. | Rincon Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2006 Reel 17664, frame 836 | Sonos, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2009 Reel 22383, frame 908 | Rincon Networks, Inc. | Sonos, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 26, 2010 Reel 23998, frame 778 | Silicon Valley Bank | Sonos, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2015 Reel 37112, frame 14 | Sonos, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 1, 2016 Reel 38329, frame 253 | Sonos, Inc. | Gordon Brothers Finance Company | Security Interest |
| Jul 25, 2018 Reel 46625, frame 882 | Gordon Brothers Finance Company | Sonos, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 58123, frame 206 | Sonos, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2021 Reel 58213, frame 597 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Sonos, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 703 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2,680
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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