Term ends Mar 27, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2028
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Oct 20, 2014 as application 14/518,629 · Granted Sep 27, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2008
Mar 27, 2008
Term ends
Mar 27, 2028
Mar 27, 2028
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Sep 27, 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 8,890,677, to Mar 27, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 2 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 Mar 27, 2008, when application PCT/IL2008/000424, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2014) | Mar 27, 2028 | 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 8,890,677) | resolves to Mar 27, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 27, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,890,677 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 9,454,885 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2015 Reel 36503, frame 630 | Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp. | Zih Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2015 Reel 36552, frame 588 | Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp. | Zih Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2017 Reel 44616, frame 736 | Zih Corp. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor Agent | Security Interest |
| 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
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 27, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,890,677, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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