Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 11, 2017 (ZB, N.A. Dba Zions Bank).
Term ends May 2, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 4, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Wilson Electronics, LLC
Filed Aug 23, 2012 as application 13/593,246 · Granted Oct 28, 2014
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2012
Apr 4, 2012
Term ends
May 2, 2032
May 2, 2032
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 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
28
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.
5
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 28 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 Apr 4, 2012, when application 13/439,148, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 23, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 4, 2032 | 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 | +28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 2, 2032 | 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 2, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,874,030 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/052155 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,874,029 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 8,583,034 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 8,639,180 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2012 Reel 29091, frame 883 | Van Buren, Vernon A.; Wilson, James W.; Cook, Patrick L.; Ashworth, Christopher K.; Kline, Richard M. | Wilson Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2014 Reel 33577, frame 689 | Wilson Electronics, Inc. | Wilson Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43549, frame 412 | Wilson Electronics, LLC | ZB, N.A. Dba Zions Bank, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2022 Reel 60269, frame 1 | Wilson Electronics, LLC; Zboost, LLC | Sound Point Agency LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 2, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.