Also listed on Laird Technologies Korea Yh, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 26, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 3, 2028
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Jun 8, 2010 as application 12/740,843 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 357 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2008
Nov 3, 2008
Term ends
Oct 26, 2029
Oct 26, 2029
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012
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
357
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.
2
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 357 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 3, 2008, when application PCT/IB2008/002947, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 8, 2010) | Nov 3, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +357 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 26, 2029 | 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 | Oct 26, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,336,167 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2010 Reel 24395, frame 572 | Kim, Si Wan | Laird Technologies Korea Yh | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2013 Reel 29603, frame 317 | Laird PLC | First Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 8, 2013 Reel 30971, frame 649 | Laird Technologies Korea Yh | First Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2014 Reel 32714, frame 206 | First Technologies, LLC | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 26, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 357 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.