Term ends Sep 10, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2029
Held by Aleddra Inc.
Filed Feb 10, 2011 as application 13/025,136 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term plus 262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2009
Dec 22, 2009
Term ends
Sep 10, 2030
Sep 10, 2030
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 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
262
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,147,091, US 8,262,249, to Sep 10, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 262 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 22, 2009, when application 12/645,390, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2011) | Dec 22, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +262 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,147,091, US 8,262,249) | resolves to Sep 10, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 10, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,147,091 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,322,878 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,459,831 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2011 Reel 25793, frame 799 | Hsia, Chungho; Shen, Pai-sheng; Lin, Ching-feng | Lightel Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2017 Reel 43058, frame 318 | Lightel Technologies Inc. | Aleddra Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 10, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,147,091, US 8,262,249, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.