Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ended Feb 21, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 21, 2026
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Jun 13, 2022 as application 17/839,097 · Granted May 23, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Feb 21, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2006
Feb 21, 2006
Term ended
Feb 21, 2026
Feb 21, 2026
Granted
May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,490,064, to Feb 21, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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 is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 21, 2006, when application 11/359,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2022) | Feb 21, 2026 | 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 10,490,064) | resolves to Feb 21, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 21, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,668,197 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,761,199 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,582,996 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,192,428 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,490,064 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Application 16/595,684 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,657,703 | this patent Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 11,961,391 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
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 15, 2022 Reel 60208, frame 496 | Vergis, George | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,490,064, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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