Lapsed Jun 28, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 6, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Multi-Flex Circuits Pty., Ltd.
Filed May 22, 2015 as application 14/719,401 · Granted Jun 28, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 28, 2024
2011
2031
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2011
Oct 6, 2011
No longer in force
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Jun 28, 2016
Term would have run to
Oct 6, 2031
Oct 6, 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 6, 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 6, 2011, when application 13/267,621, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 22, 2015) | Oct 6, 2031 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 28, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 28, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,042,353 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,834,323 | In force Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 9,379,808 | this patent Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| Application 15/193,766 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/809,176 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,239,641 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| Application 16/037,405 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,044,011 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2019 Reel 47936, frame 105 | Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc., Now Known as Haystack Technologies, Inc. | Multi-Flex Circuits Pty Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Oct 28, 2019 Reel 50848, frame 126 | Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc. | McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2020 Reel 51936, frame 269 | Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc., Now Known as Haystack Technologies, Inc. | Multi-Flex Circuits Pty Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2020 Reel 52311, frame 240 | Blackbird Technology Holdings, Inc., Now Known as Haystack Technologies, Inc. | Multi-Flex Circuits Pty., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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