Lapsed Sep 16, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 8, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Cognex Corporation
Filed Aug 7, 2013 as application 13/961,397 · Granted Sep 16, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 16, 2026
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2009
Jul 8, 2009
No longer in force
Sep 16, 2026
Sep 16, 2026
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Sep 16, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 8, 2029
Jul 8, 2029
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.
6
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 Jul 8, 2029: 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 Jul 8, 2009, when application 12/499,758, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2013) | Jul 8, 2029 | 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 Sep 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,531,650 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 8,836,921 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,696,137 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 10,317,193 | In force no later than Aug 2029 | no later than Aug 2029 |
| US 11,680,790 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 12,435,968 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2013 Reel 30963, frame 603 | Feldkhun, Daniel; Braker, Benjamin; Moore, Eric Daniel | Chiaro Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2016 Reel 40521, frame 378 | Chiaro Technologies LLC | Cognex Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
70
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 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
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