Term ends Jul 21, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 21, 2034
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,490,594), so the cap could be lower.
Filed Sep 25, 2014 as application 14/497,205 · Granted Oct 18, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 21, 2014
Jul 21, 2014
Term ends
Jul 21, 2034
Jul 21, 2034
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Oct 18, 2016
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 9,490,594, to Jul 21, 2034. 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.
42
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: Medium. 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 Jul 21, 2014, when application 14/337,180, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 25, 2014) | Jul 21, 2034 | 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 9,490,594) | resolves to Jul 21, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Jul 21, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,318,853 | In force no later than Oct 2034 | no later than Oct 2034 |
| US 9,525,227 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 9,525,223 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 9,472,910 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,496,662 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,350,126 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,490,594 | In force no later than Sep 2034 | no later than Sep 2034 |
| US 9,281,629 | In force no later than Jul 2034 | no later than Jul 2034 |
8 of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2014 Reel 33823, frame 293 | Little, Terrance F.; Cheng, Chih-pi; Hsu, Shuo-hsiu; Yang, Chih-kai; Yang, An-jen | Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 21, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,490,594, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.