Also listed on Ossic Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 11, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 11, 2037
Filed May 11, 2017 as application 15/592,736 · Granted Apr 24, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017
Term ends
May 11, 2037
May 11, 2037
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
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.
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.
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 May 11, 2017, when this application, 15/592,736, was filed | May 11, 2037 | 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 | May 11, 2037 | High confidence |
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 23, 2017 Reel 42482, frame 133 | Riggs, Jason; Lyons, Joy E.; Millias, Nicholas; Beltran, Aderito | Ossic Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2020 Reel 52199, frame 775 | Ossic Corporation | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2037
Term ends May 11, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
85
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.