Term ends Mar 9, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2035
Filed Aug 21, 2015 as application 14/832,971 · Granted Aug 28, 2018
Base term plus 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2015
Aug 21, 2015
Term ends
Mar 9, 2036
Mar 9, 2036
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 28, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
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
201
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.
4
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 201 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Aug 21, 2015, when this application, 14/832,971, was filed | Aug 21, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +201 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 9, 2036 | 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 | Mar 9, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,061,057 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,684,389 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 11,137,517 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,693,149 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2015 Reel 36499, frame 841 | Wong, Wing Shenq | Stmicroelectronics Pte Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 8, 2015 Reel 36513, frame 262 | Price, Andy; Christison, Eric | Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 9, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 201 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.