Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 12, 2017 (East West Bank).
Term ends Apr 30, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 10, 2027
Filed Dec 10, 2007 as application 11/953,277 · Granted Jul 23, 2013
Base term plus 1603 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2032
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2007
Dec 10, 2007
Term ends
Apr 30, 2032
Apr 30, 2032
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Jul 23, 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
1,603
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 1603 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 10, 2007, when this application, 11/953,277, was filed | Dec 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1603 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 30, 2032 | 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 | Apr 30, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,490,271 | this patent Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2008/084467 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2007 Reel 20224, frame 839 | Harvilchuck, Laurence A.; Westby, George R. | Universal Instruments Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2012 Reel 27993, frame 472 | Universal Instruments Corporation | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 4, 2012 Reel 28153, frame 826 | Patriarch Partners Agency Services, LLC | Ui Holding Co. and Its Subsidiaries: Universal Instruments Corp., and Hover Davis, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2017 Reel 42564, frame 204 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance | Universal Instruments Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2017 Reel 42765, frame 848 | Universal Instruments Corporation; Hover-Davis, Inc.; Ui Acquisition Holding Co.; Ui Holding Co. | East West Bank | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 30, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1603 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
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.
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