Term ends Feb 18, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 18, 2029
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,631,297, US 8,631,298), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Pantech Corporation
Filed Feb 19, 2014 as application 14/184,345 · Granted Jun 2, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 18, 2009
Feb 18, 2009
Term ends
Feb 18, 2029
Feb 18, 2029
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Jun 2, 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 7,894,330, US 8,631,297, US 8,631,298, to Feb 18, 2029. 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.
22
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 Feb 18, 2009, when application 12/388,243, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 19, 2014) | Feb 18, 2029 | 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 7,894,330, US 8,631,297, US 8,631,298) | resolves to Feb 18, 2029, 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 | Feb 18, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,102,804 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 7,894,330 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,681,599 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,611,297 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,631,297 | In force no later than Feb 2029 | no later than Feb 2029 |
| US 8,631,298 | In force no later than Feb 2029 | no later than Feb 2029 |
| US 9,288,824 | In force no later than Jul 2029 | no later than Jul 2029 |
| US 9,048,991 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
8 of 22 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 21, 2016 Reel 39428, frame 268 | Pantech Co., Ltd. | Pantech Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2017 Reel 42098, frame 653 | Pantech Inc. | Goldpeak Innovations Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2020 Reel 52657, frame 66 | Goldpeak Innovations Inc. | Pantech Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 18, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,894,330, US 8,631,297, US 8,631,298, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.