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 Aug 8, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 27, 2041
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Sep 27, 2021 as application 17/485,783 · Granted Sep 17, 2024
Base term plus 315 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2042
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021
Term ends
Aug 8, 2042
Aug 8, 2042
Granted
Sep 17, 2024
Sep 17, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
315
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 315 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 27, 2021, when this application, 17/485,783, was filed | Sep 27, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +315 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 8, 2042 | 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 | Aug 8, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,092,350 | this patent Aug 2042 | Aug 2042 |
| Application PCT/US2022/043331 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 18/828,305 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2021 Reel 57606, frame 460 | 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
Aug 2042
Term ends Aug 8, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 315 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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