Also listed on Viasystems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 2, 2026 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 15, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 3, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Oct 28, 2013 as application 14/065,047 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term plus 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2011
Jun 3, 2011
Term ends
Jul 15, 2031
Jul 15, 2031
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 2017
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
42
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 42 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jun 3, 2011, when application 13/153,254, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 28, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 3, 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 | +42 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 15, 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 | Jul 15, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,736,948 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2013 Reel 31863, frame 129 | Ddi Global Corp. | Viasystems North America Operations, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 10, 2014 Reel 31937, frame 500 | Viasystems North America Operations, Inc. | Viasystems Technologies Corp., L.L.C. | 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 |
| Sep 9, 2019 Reel 50313, frame 926 | 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) |
| May 26, 2026 Reel 75627, frame 337 | Viasystems Technologies Corp., L.L.C. | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Change of Name |
| 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) |
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Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 15, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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