Also listed on KC Co., Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 10, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 28, 2025
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Kctech Co., Ltd.
Filed Dec 11, 2008 as application 12/333,170 · Granted Jan 29, 2013
Base term plus 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2005
Jul 28, 2005
Term ends
Mar 10, 2027
Mar 10, 2027
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
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
590
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 590 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 28, 2005, when application 11/193,094, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 28, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +590 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 10, 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 | Mar 10, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,361,177 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
1 of 2 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2018 Reel 45390, frame 19 | K.C. Tech Co., Ltd. | KC Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45427, frame 333 | KC Co., Ltd. | Kctech Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 10, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.