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US 9,319,732 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Apr 19, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 31, 2012 as application 13/601,874 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 19, 2024
2011 2031
Clock starts
May 3, 2011
No longer in force
Apr 19, 2024
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Term would have run to
May 3, 2031
base term after the term ends 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.
1 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.
5
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to May 3, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 3, 2011, when application 13/100,105, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 31, 2012)May 3, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 19, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 19, 2024High confidence

This family

US 8,725,816In force
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US 9,319,732this patent
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US 9,197,593In force
May 2031
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US 9,900,662In force
May 2031
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US 10,681,424In force
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 3, 2012
Reel 29069, frame 398
Lee, David D.; Lim, Jaegeun; Jeong, Dongcheol; Yoon, YoungwoonVmark, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 11, 2016
Reel 37456, frame 698
Vmark, Inc.VMTV, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 12, 2016
Reel 39418, frame 213
VMTV, Inc.Dual Aperture, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 4, 2018
Reel 44534, frame 315
Dual Aperture, Inc.Scenera, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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