Lapsed Apr 1, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 6, 2032
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Hand Held Products, Inc.
Filed Jun 6, 2012 as application 13/490,072 · Granted Apr 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 1, 2026
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2012
Jun 6, 2012
No longer in force
Apr 1, 2026
Apr 1, 2026
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Apr 1, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 6, 2032
Jun 6, 2032
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
19
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jun 6, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jun 6, 2012, when this application, 13/490,072, was filed | Jun 6, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 1, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/036297 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/463,074 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,687,032 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2012/041093 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/043709 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,810,617 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/043772 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,730,287 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
8 of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2013 Reel 30446, frame 250 | Bouverie, William M.; Hitz, Mark Allen; Tobin, Dwayne Steven | Source Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2013 Reel 30561, frame 151 | Source Technologies, LLC | Datamax-O'Neil Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62308, frame 749 | Datamax-O'Neil Corporation | Hand Held Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2023 Reel 62639, frame 20 | Datamax-O'Neil Corporation | Hand Held Products, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Name of the Assignee Is Hand Held Products, Inc.. Previously Recorded at Reel: 062308 Frame: 0749. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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