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Multi-User Multi-Touch Projected Capacitance Touch Sensor with Event Initiation Based on Common Touch Entity Detection

US 11,816,286 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jul 2, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,606,693), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Jan 17, 2023 as application 18/097,813 · Granted Nov 14, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 2, 2014
Term ends
Jul 2, 2034
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
base term 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 10,133,478, US 10,656,828, US 11,150,762, US 9,292,145, US 9,606,693, to Jul 2, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
10
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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 2, 2014, when application 14/322,605, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2023)Jul 2, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,133,478, US 10,656,828, US 11,150,762, US 9,292,145, US 9,606,693)resolves to Jul 2, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 2, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 9,292,145In force
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
US 9,606,693In force
no later than Jul 2034
no later than Jul 2034
US 10,133,478In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 10,656,828In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 11,150,762In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 11,556,206In force
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 11,816,286this patent
Jul 2034
Jul 2034
US 12,164,722In force
no later than Jul 2034
no later than Jul 2034
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 20, 2023
Reel 62431, frame 665
Kent, Joel Christopher; Hecht, David Samuel; Futter, Paul Leonard; Kitchin, Robert William; Son, Kyu-tak; Berget, Damien; Wunderlich, Forest Kim; Roney, James; North, Kenneth; Feehan, Kenneth Andrew; Verheiden, JungElo Touch Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 20, 2023
Reel 63396, frame 1
Kent, Joel Christopher; Hecht, David Samuel; Futter, Paul Leonard; Kitchin, Robert William; Son, Kyu-tak; Berget, Damien; Wunderlich, Forrest Kim; Roney, James; North, Kenneth; Feehan, Kenneth Andrew; Verheiden, JungElo Touch Solutions, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of 7TH Inventor Previously Recorded at Reel: 062431 Frame: 0665. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Aug 11, 2023
Reel 64571, frame 711
Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Address Change
Mar 27, 2025
Reel 70666, frame 540
Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Citizens Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Sep 30, 2025
Reel 72982, frame 372
Citizens Bank, N.a.Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 070666/FRAME 0540
Dec 17, 2025
Reel 74005, frame 708
Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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