Term ends Oct 30, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2032
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,166,536), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Filed Jul 23, 2014 as application 14/338,671 · Granted Apr 28, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
Term ends
Oct 30, 2032
Oct 30, 2032
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 2015
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 8,824,978, US 9,166,536, to Oct 30, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
14
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. 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 Oct 30, 2012, when applications 13/663,878 and 13/663,887, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jul 23, 2014) | Oct 30, 2032 | 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 8,824,978, US 9,166,536) | resolves to Oct 30, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Oct 30, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,166,536 | In force no later than Dec 2032 | no later than Dec 2032 |
| US 8,824,978 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,829,993 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,172,336 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,160,287 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,020,453 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,209,758 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,164,577 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2014 Reel 33410, frame 971 | Briffa, Mark A.; Dawson, Joel L.; Deroo, John Edward; Komoni, Krenar; Perreault, David J.; Uyar, Oguzhan | ETA Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2024 Reel 67669, frame 385 | Nokia of America Corporation | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2026 Reel 73589, frame 379 | ETA Devices, Inc. | Nokia of America Corporation | Merger |
| Feb 17, 2026 Reel 73807, frame 267 | Nokia of America Corporation | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 30, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,824,978, US 9,166,536, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
87
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.