Also listed on Viasystems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 22, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 29, 2032
Held by TTM Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jun 29, 2012 as application 13/537,361 · Granted Dec 20, 2016
Base term plus 480 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2012
Jun 29, 2012
Term ends
Oct 22, 2033
Oct 22, 2033
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Dec 20, 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
480
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.
2
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 480 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 29, 2012, when this application, 13/537,361, was filed | Jun 29, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +480 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 22, 2033 | 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 | Oct 22, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,526,184 | this patent Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2012/045263 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2012 Reel 28586, frame 191 | Lecesse, Roy J. | Viasystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2015 Reel 35851, frame 928 | TTM Technologies, Inc.; Viasystems, Inc.; Viasystems Technologies Corp., L.L.C. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement-Term |
| Jun 8, 2015 Reel 35858, frame 890 | TTM Technologies, Inc.; Viasystems, Inc.; Viasystems Technologies Corp., L.L.C. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement-Abl |
| May 12, 2023 Reel 63628, frame 122 | Viasystems, Inc. | Viasystems Group, Inc. | Merger |
| May 12, 2023 Reel 63629, frame 313 | Viasystems Group, Inc. | TTM Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| May 30, 2023 Reel 63804, frame 702 | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| May 30, 2023 Reel 63804, frame 745 | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75843, frame 247 | TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC; Telephonics Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75679, frame 852 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75681, frame 922 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies, Inc. (Formerly Known as Viasystems Group, Inc. and Viasystems, Inc.); TTM Technologies North America, LLC (Formerly Known as Viasystems Technologies Corp., L.L.C.) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (035858/0890) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telephonics Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2033
Term ends Oct 22, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 480 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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