Term ends Nov 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 24, 2031
Held by TDK-Lambda Corporation
Filed Aug 16, 2013 as application 13/968,955 · Granted Dec 13, 2016
Base term plus 249 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2011
Mar 24, 2011
Term ends
Nov 28, 2031
Nov 28, 2031
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 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
249
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.
4
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 249 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 Mar 24, 2011, when application 13/070,959, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2013) | Mar 24, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +249 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 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 | Nov 28, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,934,267 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,143,047 | In force no later than Mar 2031 | no later than Mar 2031 |
| US 9,520,772 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 10,218,265 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2013 Reel 31048, frame 828 | He, Jin (NMN); Boylan, Jeffrey John | TDK-Lambda Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 28, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 249 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.