Term ended no later than Apr 28, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 30, 2025
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Nov 21, 2010 as application 12/951,050 · Granted Jun 25, 2013
Base term plus 119 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Apr 28, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2005
Dec 30, 2005
Ended no later than
Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
119
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 119 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Dec 30, 2005, when application 11/323,338, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2010) | Dec 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +119 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Apr 28, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,861,281 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,474,010 | this patent no later than Apr 2026 | no later than Apr 2026 |
| US 8,978,096 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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 16, 2018 Reel 45253, frame 67 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54136, frame 618 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (2017 A&r Ca) |
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54136, frame 630 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (364-DAY Ca) |
| Oct 27, 2020 Reel 54185, frame 113 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55589, frame 320 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Rerlease of Security Interest - Reflexis |
| Jul 20, 2022 Reel 60563, frame 523 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 119 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Apr 28, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.