Term ended Aug 6, 2022 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 6, 2022
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Sep 21, 2026.
Held by STT Webos, Inc.
Filed Feb 19, 2010 as application 12/709,434 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Aug 6, 2022
2002
2026
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2002
Aug 6, 2002
Term ended
Aug 6, 2022
Aug 6, 2022
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,945,652, US 8,341,258, US 8,589,527, to Aug 6, 2022. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
32
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. 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 Aug 6, 2002, when application 10/713,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 19, 2010) | Aug 6, 2022 | 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 7,945,652, US 8,341,258, US 8,589,527) | resolves to Aug 6, 2022, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Sep 21, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 6, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,418,702 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 |
| US 7,379,990 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 7,945,652 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,799,473 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,812,640 | this patent Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| US 8,589,527 | Term ended Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| US 8,812,682 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,341,258 | Term ended Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
8 of 32 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 16, 2017 Reel 41276, frame 240 | STT Webos, Inc.; Tsao, Sheng Tai | TS Patents LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 2, 2018 Reel 46538, frame 200 | TS Patents LLC | STT Webos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2026 Reel 75137, frame 704 | STT Webos, Inc. (Texas) | STT Webos, Inc. (Delaware) | Reassignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,945,652, US 8,341,258, US 8,589,527, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
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.