Term ends Sep 29, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Oct 20, 2015 as application 14/887,582 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2011
Sep 29, 2011
Term ends
Sep 29, 2031
Sep 29, 2031
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Sep 29, 2011, when application 13/248,821, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 29, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 29, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,698,163 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/057661 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,828,752 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,178,114 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 14/330,954 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,490,392 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2016 Reel 37676, frame 446 | Ting, Steve | Bridgelux, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2016 Reel 37676, frame 657 | Bridgelux, Inc. | Toshiba Techno Center Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2016 Reel 37676, frame 851 | Toshiba Techno Center Inc. | Manutius IP, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 20, 2016 Reel 38334, frame 444 | Manutius IP, Inc. | Toshiba Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2018 Reel 46450, frame 700 | Toshiba Corporation | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2018 Reel 46986, frame 159 | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 29, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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How we rank
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