Also listed on Zih Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 22, 2030 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2030
Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Mar 8, 2013 as application 13/791,084 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010
Term ends
Dec 22, 2030
Dec 22, 2030
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014
base term
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 8,470,733, to Dec 22, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its third maintenance fee ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. 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 22, 2010, when application 12/976,205, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 8, 2013) | Dec 22, 2030 | 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 8,470,733) | resolves to Dec 22, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"; the grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file | grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 22, 2030 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,470,733 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,877,679 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,384,683 | In force no later than Dec 2030 | no later than Dec 2030 |
| US 10,035,365 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 2031 |
| US 10,821,762 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2014 Reel 33554, frame 349 | Hohberger, Clive; Womack, David; Alleshouse, Bruce; Clark, James; Strobel, Wolfgang | Zih Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34114, frame 270 | Zih Corp.; Laser Band, LLC; Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.; Symbol Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as the Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 12, 2014 Reel 34208, frame 470 | Hohberger, Clive; Womack, David; Alleshouse, Bruce; Clark, James; Strobel, Wolfgang | Zih Corp. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 033554 Frame: 0349. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 25, 2017 Reel 44791, frame 842 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Existing Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor Agent | Patent Security Interest Assignment Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2019 Reel 48884, frame 618 | Zih Corp. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49675, frame 49 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 1, 2020 Reel 53841, frame 212 | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 56036, frame 590 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Laser Band, LLC | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 4
Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. The term ends early once USPTO posts the lapse
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 22, 2030.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,470,733, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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