Also listed on Visionext Co., Ltd.,, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 25, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 30, 2033
Held by Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
Filed Jul 30, 2013 as application 13/953,895 · Granted Mar 15, 2016
Base term plus 360 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013
Term ends
Jul 25, 2034
Jul 25, 2034
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
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
360
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.
This patent's term runs 360 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 Jul 30, 2013, when this application, 13/953,895, was filed | Jul 30, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +360 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 25, 2034 | 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 | Jul 25, 2034 | High confidence |
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 30, 2013 Reel 30920, frame 111 | Choi, Eun-cheol | Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 24, 2015 Reel 36254, frame 911 | Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46927, frame 19 | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jan 17, 2019 Reel 48496, frame 596 | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number 10/853,669. in Addition Please See Exhibit a Previously Recorded on Reel 046927 Frame 0019. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Apr 26, 2019 Reel 49013, frame 723 | Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 Reel 58927, frame 216 | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.; Visionext Co., Ltd., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Visionext Co., Ltd., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2023 Reel 64549, frame 75 | Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jan 5, 2026 Reel 73358, frame 86 | Visionext Co., Ltd. | Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 25, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 360 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
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.