Term ends May 2, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 29, 2030
Held by Pantech Corporation
Filed May 2, 2013 as application 13/875,869 · Granted Sep 8, 2015
Base term plus 185 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2010
Oct 29, 2010
Term ends
May 2, 2031
May 2, 2031
Granted
Sep 8, 2015
Sep 8, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
185
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
10
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 runs 185 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Oct 29, 2010, when application 12/916,203, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 2, 2013) | Oct 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +185 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 2, 2031 | 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 | May 2, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,538,411 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,131,482 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,392,582 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 9,265,034 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
| US 10,299,251 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 10,736,084 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 11,463,995 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 11,765,727 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
8 of 10 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 |
| Sep 13, 2016 Reel 40005, frame 257 | Pantech Co., Ltd. | Pantech Inc. | De-Merger |
| Nov 7, 2016 Reel 40654, frame 749 | Pantech Co., Ltd. | Pantech Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Application Number 10221139 Previously Recorded on Reel 040005 Frame 0257. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Application Number 10221139 Should Not Have Been Inclued in This Recordal. |
| Jan 18, 2017 Reel 41413, frame 799 | Pantech Co., Ltd. | Pantech Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Removal of Patents 09897290, 10824929, 11249232, 11966263 Previously Recorded at Reel: 040654 Frame: 0749. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| 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
May 2031
Term ends May 2, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 185 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.