Term ends Dec 14, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 14, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,177,363), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Aeva, Inc.
Filed May 14, 2012 as application 13/470,715 · Granted Nov 12, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2006
Dec 14, 2006
Term ends
Dec 14, 2026
Dec 14, 2026
Granted
Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,699,469, US 8,177,363, to Dec 14, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
11
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 14, 2006, when application 11/610,867, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2012) | Dec 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,699,469, US 8,177,363) | resolves to Dec 14, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Dec 14, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,699,469 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,177,363 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 8,579,439 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,757,804 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 14/265,465 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,723,980 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 10,188,290 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,791,925 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
8 of 11 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 14, 2012 Reel 28203, frame 149 | Sebastian, Richard L.; Belsley, Kendall L. | 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
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 14, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,699,469, US 8,177,363, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.