Also listed on RCS Technology, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Mar 29, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 29, 2038
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Feb 11, 2022 as application 17/670,106 · Granted Oct 17, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2018
Mar 29, 2018
Term ends
Mar 29, 2038
Mar 29, 2038
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
5
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 29, 2018, when application 15/940,470, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2022) | Mar 29, 2038 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,539,336 | In force Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| Application PCT/US2019/023705 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,262,094 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,788,756 | this patent Mar 2038 | Mar 2038 |
| Application 18/469,098 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2022 Reel 58992, frame 927 | Hoffman, Michael | RCS Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2022 Reel 60482, frame 23 | RCS Technology, LLC | 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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What's changing
Mar 2038
Term ends Mar 29, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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