Term ends Dec 14, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 14, 2026
Held by Aeva, Inc.
Filed Nov 8, 2013 as application 14/076,158 · Granted Jun 24, 2014
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
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
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.
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.
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. 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 Dec 14, 2006, when application 11/610,867, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 8, 2013) | 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 | 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 | Dec 14, 2026 | High 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 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,757,804 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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