Lapsed Dec 6, 2020 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2027
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,031,037), so the cap could be lower.
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Cubic Corporation
Filed Dec 8, 2014 as application 14/563,018 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 6, 2020
2007
2027
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2007
Dec 28, 2007
No longer in force
Dec 6, 2020
Dec 6, 2020
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016
Term would have run to
Dec 28, 2027
Dec 28, 2027
base term
after the term ends
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 7,649,432, US 7,656,256, US 8,031,037, US 8,933,769, to Dec 28, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 28, 2027: 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. 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 Dec 28, 2007, when applications 12/005,885 and 12/005,936, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2014) | Dec 28, 2027 | 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 7,649,432, US 7,656,256, US 8,031,037, US 8,933,769) | resolves to Dec 28, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 6, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 6, 2020 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,656,256 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,649,432 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,031,037 | In force no later than Oct 2029 | no later than Oct 2029 |
| US 8,933,769 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| US 9,515,364 | this patent Dec 2020 | Dec 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2014 Reel 34438, frame 255 | Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC | Nuvotronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2014 Reel 34438, frame 278 | Sherrer, David W.; Houch, William D. | Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2014 Reel 34440, frame 647 | Sherrer, David W.; Nichols, Christopher A.; Zhou, Shifang | Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2015 Reel 36851, frame 27 | Nuvotronics, LLC | Nuvotronics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 26, 2019 Reel 48698, frame 301 | Nuvotronics, Inc. | Cubic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2019 Reel 48843, frame 801 | Nuvotronics, Inc. | Cubic Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date Inside the Assignment Documentation Previously Recorded at Reel: 048698 Frame: 0301. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,649,432, US 7,656,256, US 8,031,037, US 8,933,769, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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