Term ends Sep 14, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2032
Held by Molex, LLC
Filed Nov 5, 2014 as application 14/533,545 · Granted Oct 10, 2017
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,525,451 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2012
Sep 14, 2012
Term ends
Sep 14, 2032
Sep 14, 2032
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Oct 10, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
5
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. 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 Sep 14, 2012, when application 13/618,138, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2014) | Sep 14, 2032 | 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 | 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 | Sep 14, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,909,135 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,787,349 | this patent Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,027,018 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 10,381,713 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,707,557 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2015 Reel 35600, frame 532 | McCormack, Gary D.; Kyles, Ian A. | Waveconnex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2015 Reel 35638, frame 258 | Waveconnex, Inc. | Keyssa, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 271 | Keyssa, Inc. | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 305 | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Molex, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends Sep 14, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.