Also listed on Atoptech, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2033
Held by Siemens Industry Software Inc.
Filed Jun 26, 2014 as application 14/316,438 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013
Term ends
Sep 16, 2033
Sep 16, 2033
Granted
May 17, 2016
May 17, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,806,412, to Sep 16, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 16, 2013, when application 14/028,145, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2014) | Sep 16, 2033 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,806,412) | resolves to Sep 16, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,806,412 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,342,642 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2017 Reel 42761, frame 387 | Wang, Yu-cheng; Wang, Wei-shen | Atoptech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2017 Reel 42761, frame 478 | Atoptech, Inc. | Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2020 Reel 53224, frame 268 | Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc. | Mentor Graphics Corporation | Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2020 Reel 53558, frame 632 | Mentor Graphics Corporation | Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2020 Reel 54514, frame 76 | Avatar Integrated Systems, Inc.; Siemens Industry Software Inc. | Siemens Industry Software Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 16, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,806,412, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.