Term ends Mar 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2028
Filed Aug 11, 2008 as application 12/189,586 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term plus 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2008
Aug 11, 2008
Term ends
Mar 21, 2030
Mar 21, 2030
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 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
587
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.
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 runs 587 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 Aug 11, 2008, when this application, 12/189,586, was filed | Aug 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +587 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 21, 2030 | 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 | Mar 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,319,935 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,440,609 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,089,509 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 11,653,265 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2008 Reel 21816, frame 448 | Fischer, Patrick | LG Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2019 Reel 48469, frame 550 | LG Electronics Inc. | Wild Guard Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 60894, frame 941 | Wild Guard Ltd. | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 21, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
130
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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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