Term ends Mar 24, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2031
Held by GN Store Nord A/S
Filed Sep 14, 2011 as application 13/232,310 · Granted Oct 13, 2015
Base term plus 192 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2011
Sep 14, 2011
Term ends
Mar 24, 2032
Mar 24, 2032
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Oct 13, 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
192
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.
13
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 192 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 Sep 14, 2011, when this application, 13/232,310, was filed | Sep 14, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +192 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 24, 2032 | 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 | Mar 24, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,155,964 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/054122 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,861,893 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,391,402 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,512,844 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 11,020,667 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,273,377 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 11,547,941 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2011 Reel 27032, frame 561 | Aronzon, Michael; Hawver, Bruce; Grever, Arnie | Steelseries HQ | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2012 Reel 28325, frame 437 | Aronzon, Michael; Hawver, Bruce; Grever, Arnie | Steelseries APS | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 027032 Frame 0561. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Name of the Assignee Is Steelseries Aps.. |
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69988, frame 950 | Steelseries APS | GN Store Nord A/S | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 24, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 192 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.