Term ends Mar 25, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2029
Held by Digilens Inc.
Filed Jan 20, 2012 as application 13/355,360 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term plus 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2009
Sep 30, 2009
Term ends
Mar 25, 2030
Mar 25, 2030
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
176
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
21
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 runs 176 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Sep 30, 2009, when application 12/571,262, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 20, 2012) | Sep 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +176 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 25, 2030 | 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 | Mar 25, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,233,204 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,817,350 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 11,320,571 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,341,846 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,933,684 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,509,241 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,795,160 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 10,690,915 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
8 of 21 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 23, 2012 Reel 27576, frame 515 | Robbins, Steven J.; Stanley, James H.; Raynal, Francois; Brown, Robert D.; Tedesco, James M.; Hendrick, Wyatt L. | Rockwell Collins, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2013 Reel 31281, frame 297 | Grant, Alastair John | SBG Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2014 Reel 32628, frame 735 | Popovich, Milan M.; Waldern, Jonathan David | SBG Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2020 Reel 53254, frame 710 | SBG Labs, Inc. | Digilens Inc. | Change of Name |
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.
What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 25, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
142
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.
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.