Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 3, 2022 (Sound Point Agency LLC).
Term ends Dec 24, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 15, 2037
Held by Wilson Electronics, LLC
Filed May 29, 2020 as application 16/888,609 · Granted Aug 17, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2017
Nov 15, 2017
Term ends
Dec 24, 2036
Dec 24, 2036
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,673,517.
1 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.
8
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 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 Nov 15, 2017, when application 15/814,223, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 29, 2020) | Nov 15, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,673,517) | capped to Dec 24, 2036 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 24, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,348,392 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,012,143 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,992,371 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,673,517 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 11,095,359 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| Application 17/320,107 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,063,094 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application 18/234,819 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53043, frame 403 | Ashworth, Christopher Ken; Mouser, Michael James | Wilson Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2022 Reel 60269, frame 1 | Wilson Electronics, LLC; Zboost, LLC | Sound Point Agency LLC | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 24, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,673,517.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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