Lapsed Sep 8, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 16, 2033
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Clarion Co., Ltd.
Filed Apr 16, 2013 as application 13/863,647 · Granted Sep 8, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 8, 2019
2013
2033
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013
No longer in force
Sep 8, 2019
Sep 8, 2019
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Sep 8, 2015
Term would have run to
Apr 19, 2033
Apr 19, 2033
base term
after the term ends
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
3
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
11
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 19, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 3 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. 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 16, 2013, when this application, 13/863,647, was filed | Apr 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 19, 2033 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 8, 2019 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 8, 2019 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/501,089 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/514,575 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,204,108 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,118,838 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 9,131,199 | this patent Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 |
| US 9,286,519 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| Application 13/932,762 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,224,051 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2013 Reel 30242, frame 229 | Takahashi, Teruki; Kojima, Takahide; Obata, Kouji | Clarion Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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