Term ends Nov 26, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 11, 2028
Filed Mar 9, 2016 as application 15/065,419 · Granted Oct 8, 2019
Base term plus 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 11, 2008
Aug 11, 2008
Term ends
Nov 26, 2028
Nov 26, 2028
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Oct 8, 2019
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
107
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 107 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 11, 2008, when application 12/189,586, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2016) | Aug 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +107 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 26, 2028 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 26, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,319,935 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,440,609 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 11,089,509 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 11,653,265 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
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 9, 2016 Reel 37936, frame 351 | Fischer, Patrick | LG Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2019 Reel 48469, frame 550 | LG Electronics Inc. | Wild Guard Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 60894, frame 941 | Wild Guard Ltd. | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 26, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.