Also listed on Prismview, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 15, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 16, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Feb 16, 2012 as application 13/398,660 · Granted Apr 10, 2018
Base term plus 1064 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2007
Aug 16, 2007
Term ends
Jul 15, 2030
Jul 15, 2030
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018
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
1,064
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.
3
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 1064 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 Aug 16, 2007, when application 11/840,091, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 16, 2027 | 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 | +1064 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 15, 2030 | 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, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,596,471 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,126,678 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,940,854 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2015 Reel 35164, frame 838 | Young Electric Sign Company | Yesco Electronics LLC | Merger |
| Mar 16, 2015 Reel 35206, frame 944 | Young Electric Sign Company | Yesco Electronics LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignment Execution Date Previously Recorded on Reel 035164 Frame 0838. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Entire Right, Title and Interest in and to All Said Inventions and Discoveries Disclosed in Said Applications. |
| Jun 1, 2017 Reel 42659, frame 665 | Yesco Electronics LLC | Prismview, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 27, 2021 Reel 56991, frame 364 | Prismview, LLC | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 15, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1064 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.