Also listed on L-3 Communications Cyterra Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 17, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2030
Filed Jul 14, 2014 as application 14/330,771 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2010
Dec 17, 2010
Term ends
Dec 17, 2030
Dec 17, 2030
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 17, 2010, when application 12/971,387, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 14, 2014) | Dec 17, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Dec 17, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,779,965 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| Application 13/664,894 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,229,102 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 9,316,727 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
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 24, 2014 Reel 33407, frame 624 | L-3 Communications Cyterra Corporation | L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 13, 2015 Reel 34957, frame 950 | Sentelle, Christopher Gary; Wright, Donald Charles; Fontan, Felix M.; Torres-rosario, Juan Antonio | L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 24, 2020 Reel 52002, frame 829 | L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc. | L3 Security & Detection Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 3, 2020 Reel 52312, frame 107 | L3 Security & Detection Systems, Inc. (Formerly Known as L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc.) | L3 Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2020 Reel 52312, frame 125 | L3 Technologies, Inc. | L3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2021 Reel 58795, frame 611 | L3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. | L3HARRIS Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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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
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 17, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
102
later US patents cite this one
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