Term ends Aug 20, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 7, 2027
Filed Jun 18, 2014 as application 14/308,380 · Granted Feb 9, 2016
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2007
Aug 7, 2007
Term ends
Aug 20, 2027
Aug 20, 2027
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Feb 9, 2016
base term
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
13
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
204
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 13 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Aug 7, 2007, when application PCT/EP2007/006977, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 18, 2014) | Aug 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 20, 2027 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 20, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,839,759 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 |
| US 7,460,502 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 7,564,902 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 7,610,630 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| US 7,570,626 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 7,738,774 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,916,770 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| US 7,916,674 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
8 of 204 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2015 Reel 35173, frame 922 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | Optis Wireless Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2016 Reel 39361, frame 1 | HPS Investment Partners, LLC | Optis Wireless Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2017 Reel 44099, frame 144 | Golitschek, Alexander | Panasonic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 22, 2018 Reel 45315, frame 887 | Panasonic Corporation | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.