Lapsed Aug 5, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 13, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Molex, LLC
Filed Dec 13, 2012 as application 13/713,564 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 5, 2026
2012
2033
Clock starts
Dec 13, 2012
Dec 13, 2012
No longer in force
Aug 5, 2026
Aug 5, 2026
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014
Term would have run to
Mar 29, 2033
Mar 29, 2033
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
106
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
40
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 Mar 29, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 106 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 13, 2012, when this application, 13/713,564, was filed | Dec 13, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +106 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 29, 2033 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 5, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,554,136 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,444,146 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 8,811,526 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,322,904 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 13/541,543 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,407,311 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 8,794,980 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,191,263 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
8 of 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32409, frame 315 | McCormack, Gary D. | Waveconnex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2014 Reel 33136, frame 929 | Waveconnex, Inc. | Keyssa, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34084, frame 642 | McCormack, Gary D. | Waveconnex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34115, frame 684 | Waveconnex, Inc. | Keyssa, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 271 | Keyssa, Inc. | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 305 | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Molex, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
112
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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