Term ends no later than Dec 20, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2032
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Filed Oct 30, 2012 as application 13/663,878 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term plus 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
Ends no later than
Dec 20, 2032
Dec 20, 2032
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 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
51
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
14
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 51 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Oct 30, 2012, when this application, 13/663,878, was filed | Oct 30, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +51 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Dec 20, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,166,536 | this patent no later than Dec 2032 | no later than Dec 2032 |
| US 8,824,978 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 8,829,993 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,172,336 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,160,287 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,020,453 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,209,758 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,164,577 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2012 Reel 29255, frame 669 | Briffa, Mark A.; Dawson, Joel L.; Deroo, John Edward; Komoni, Krenar; Perreault, David J.; Uyar, Oguzhan | ETA Devices, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2024 Reel 67669, frame 385 | Nokia of America Corporation | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2026 Reel 73589, frame 379 | ETA Devices, Inc. | Nokia of America Corporation | Merger |
| Feb 17, 2026 Reel 73807, frame 267 | Nokia of America Corporation | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends no later than Dec 20, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 51 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 20, 2032. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
94
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.