Also listed on Applied Precision, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 26, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 11, 2030
Filed Feb 11, 2010 as application 12/704,163 · Granted Dec 18, 2012
Base term plus 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2010
Feb 11, 2010
Term ends
Aug 26, 2030
Aug 26, 2030
Granted
Dec 18, 2012
Dec 18, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
196
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 196 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 Feb 11, 2010, when this application, 12/704,163, was filed | Feb 11, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +196 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 2030 | 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 | Aug 26, 2030 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2010 Reel 24325, frame 42 | Lee, Kyu-sang; Cho, Seong-ho; Brown, Carl S.; Teplitz, Kyla | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Applied Precision, Inc., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Brown, Carl S.; Cho, Seong-ho; Lee, Kyu-sang; Teplitz, Kyla | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Brown, Carl S.; Cho, Seong-ho; Lee, Kyu-sang; Teplitz, Kyla | Applied Precision, Inc., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 26, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 196 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
159
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.