Also listed on Via Optical Solution, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 7, 2024
Held by Tian Holdings, LLC
Filed Apr 7, 2004 as application 10/709,022 · Granted Mar 24, 2009
Base term plus 1152 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Apr 7, 2004
Apr 7, 2004
Term ends
Jun 3, 2027
Jun 3, 2027
Granted
Mar 24, 2009
Mar 24, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
1,152
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
This patent's term runs 1152 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 7, 2004, when this application, 10/709,022, was filed | Apr 7, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1152 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 3, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 3, 2027 | High confidence |
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 7, 2004 Reel 14483, frame 864 | Hsiao, Yuan-kun | Via Optical Solution, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2007 Reel 20135, frame 411 | Via Optical Solution, Inc. | Via Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2007 Reel 20243, frame 127 | Via Technologies, Inc. | Tian Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1152 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 below the median of utility patents granted in 2009 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.