Also listed on Exelis Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 20, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2033
Held by Harris Corporation
Filed Dec 31, 2013 as application 14/145,219 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term plus 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013
Term ends
Oct 20, 2034
Oct 20, 2034
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
293
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.
2
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 293 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 Dec 31, 2013, when this application, 14/145,219, was filed | Dec 31, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +293 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 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 | Oct 20, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,317,889 | this patent Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 9,741,087 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
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 1, 2016 Reel 39362, frame 534 | Exelis Inc. | Harris Corporation | Merger |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 41883, frame 211 | Decker, Michael C. | Exelis Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 20, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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