Term ends May 28, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Ennostar Corporation
Filed Jun 2, 2011 as application 13/152,026 · Granted Oct 28, 2014
Base term plus 188 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2008
Nov 21, 2008
Term ends
May 28, 2029
May 28, 2029
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
188
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.
12
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 188 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 21, 2008, when application 12/292,593, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 2, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +188 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 28, 2029 | 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 | May 28, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,355,210 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 7,385,226 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,097,897 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,188,505 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,508,902 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,872,204 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,994,052 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,461,202 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2011 Reel 26380, frame 562 | Yang, Yu-chen; Jou, Li-ping; Yeh, Jui-hung; Shen, Chien-fu | Epistar Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2026 Reel 75513, frame 783 | Epistar Corporation | Ennostar Corporation | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 28, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 188 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.