Term ends Oct 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2032
Held by Molex, LLC
Filed Oct 22, 2012 as application 13/657,482 · Granted Aug 2, 2016
Base term plus 359 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2012
Oct 22, 2012
Term ends
Oct 16, 2033
Oct 16, 2033
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Aug 2, 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
359
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.
40
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 359 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 Oct 22, 2012, when this application, 13/657,482, was filed | Oct 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +359 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 16, 2033 | 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 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,554,136 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,444,146 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 8,811,526 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,322,904 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 13/541,543 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,407,311 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 8,794,980 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,191,263 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
8 of 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2013 Reel 29900, frame 114 | Kyles, Ian A.; McCormack, Gary D. | Waveconnex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33245, frame 234 | Waveconnex, Inc. | Keyssa, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 271 | Keyssa, Inc. | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 305 | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Molex, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 16, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 359 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
75
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.