Term ends Nov 20, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Daymen US, Inc.
Filed May 17, 2013 as application 13/897,062 · Granted Jul 14, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2012
Nov 20, 2012
Term ends
Nov 20, 2032
Nov 20, 2032
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 20, 2012, when application 29/437,793, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 20, 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,080,714 | this patent Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2014/038253 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,718,412 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2013 Reel 30444, frame 833 | Minn, Kenneth Y.; Yao, David E. | Kenu Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2013 Reel 31200, frame 611 | Kenu LLC | Kenu, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 31, 2015 Reel 36228, frame 307 | Yao, David | Daymen US, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2015 Reel 37197, frame 68 | Kenu, Inc. | Kenu, Inc. | Correction by Declaration of Incorrect Property for U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/897,062 (Granted as U.S. Patent No. 9,080,714) Recorded at Reel/Frame No. 36228/307 |
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What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 20, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
200
later US patents cite this one
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