Term ends Sep 1, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 22, 2028
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Nov 20, 2014 as application 14/548,987 · Granted Feb 8, 2022
Base term plus 375 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2008
Aug 22, 2008
Term ends
Sep 1, 2029
Sep 1, 2029
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Feb 8, 2022
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
375
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 375 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 22, 2008, when application 12/197,224, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 20, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 22, 2028 | 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 | +375 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 1, 2029 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 1, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 12/197,224 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,924,892 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 11,243,680 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| Application 17/588,896 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,675,214 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| Application 19/465,674 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2021 Reel 56092, frame 913 | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. | Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 1, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 375 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.