Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Lapsed Jun 24, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 21, 2026
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Feb 16, 2010 as application 12/706,080 · Granted Jun 24, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 542 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 24, 2026
2006
2027
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2006
Feb 21, 2006
No longer in force
Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
Term would have run to
Aug 17, 2027
Aug 17, 2027
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
542
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 17, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 542 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Feb 21, 2006, when application 11/359,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2010) | Feb 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +542 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 24, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,668,197 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,761,199 | this patent Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,582,996 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,192,428 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,490,064 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Application 16/595,684 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,657,703 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 11,961,391 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
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 13, 2016 Reel 38264, frame 617 | Zilog, Inc. | Uei Cayman Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Apr 28, 2016 Reel 38402, frame 250 | Uei Cayman Inc. | C.G. Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2016 Reel 38416, frame 581 | C.G. Development Limited; Uei Cayman Inc. | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 542 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 24, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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.