Term ends May 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 12, 2031
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Dec 21, 2012 as application 13/725,247 · Granted Sep 6, 2016
Base term plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2011
Apr 12, 2011
Term ends
May 18, 2031
May 18, 2031
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Sep 6, 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
36
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.
6
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 36 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 Apr 12, 2011, when application 13/085,422, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2012) | Apr 12, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 2031 | 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 | May 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,714,851 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,434,191 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,975,360 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 11,001,084 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 11,840,068 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 12,397,567 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2013 Reel 30304, frame 414 | Preliasco, Richard J.; Lyman, Roy P.; Beck, David F.; Horrocks, Craig A.; Hegarty, Patrick J. | Zih Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34114, frame 270 | Zih Corp.; Laser Band, LLC; Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.; Symbol Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as the Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2017 Reel 44791, frame 842 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Existing Agent | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor Agent | Patent Security Interest Assignment Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2019 Reel 48884, frame 618 | Zih Corp. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49675, frame 49 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 1, 2020 Reel 53841, frame 212 | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 56036, frame 590 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Laser Band, LLC | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 18, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.