Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 24, 2012 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ended Sep 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 5, 2026
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Feb 14, 2011 as application 13/026,768 · Granted Sep 3, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 5, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2006
Sep 5, 2006
Term ended
Sep 5, 2026
Sep 5, 2026
Granted
Sep 3, 2013
Sep 3, 2013
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.
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.
64
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. 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 Sep 5, 2006, when application 11/515,962, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 14, 2011) | Sep 5, 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 | 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 | Sep 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,907,222 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2006/034715 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,994,622 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,350,850 | In force Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 7,969,514 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,805,591 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/061771 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,525,938 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2011 Reel 25804, frame 862 | Haughawout, Joseph Lee; Hayes, Patrick H. | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2012 Reel 29010, frame 735 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
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Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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