Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 3, 2022 (Sound Point Agency LLC).
Term ends Jun 5, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 22, 2028
Held by Wilson Electronics, LLC
Filed May 22, 2008 as application 12/125,738 · Granted Mar 23, 2010
Base term plus 14 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008
Term ends
Jun 5, 2028
Jun 5, 2028
Granted
Mar 23, 2010
Mar 23, 2010
base term
fee events
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
14
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.
2
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 14 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 May 22, 2008, when this application, 12/125,738, was filed | May 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +14 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 5, 2028 | 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 5, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,684,838 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,473,018 | In force no later than May 2028 | no later than May 2028 |
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 11, 2008 Reel 21078, frame 824 | Wilson, James W. | Wilson Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2013 Reel 30097, frame 28 | Wilson Electronics, Inc. | Wilson Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2013 Reel 30106, frame 688 | Wilson Electronics, LLC | Zions First National Bank, National Association, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 29, 2014 Reel 32780, frame 712 | Wilson Electronics, Inc. | Wilson Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2022 Reel 60269, frame 1 | Wilson Electronics, LLC; Zboost, LLC | Sound Point Agency LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 7, 2022 Reel 60125, frame 99 | Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Dba Zions First National Bank | Wilson Electronics, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 5, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 14 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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