Term ends Sep 21, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,391,804), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Zoom Communications, Inc.
Filed Jun 14, 2016 as application 15/182,090 · Granted Sep 26, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2010
Sep 21, 2010
Term ends
Sep 21, 2030
Sep 21, 2030
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,391,804, to Sep 21, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 21, 2010, when application PCT/JP2010/066309, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2016) | Sep 21, 2030 | 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 9,391,804) | resolves to Sep 21, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 21, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,014,184 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,385,888 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| US 9,391,804 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| US 9,774,473 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,812,293 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,411,775 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 11,671,283 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 12,149,381 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2022 Reel 60088, frame 176 | Iwata, Atsushi; Iijima, Akio | NEC Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2022 Reel 60088, frame 493 | NEC Corporation | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2025 Reel 69839, frame 593 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | Zoom Communications, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 21, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,391,804, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.