Also listed on Adaptive Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 4, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 5, 2032
Held by Gentex Corporation
Filed Jun 5, 2012 as application 13/488,949 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term plus 303 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2012
Jun 5, 2012
Term ends
Apr 4, 2033
Apr 4, 2033
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014
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
303
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.
This patent's term runs 303 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
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 5, 2012, when this application, 13/488,949, was filed | Jun 5, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +303 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 2033 | 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 4, 2033 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2012 Reel 28390, frame 984 | Schiller, Ean H.; Hager, Jonathan M. | Adaptive Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2014 Reel 32865, frame 338 | Adaptive Technologies, Inc. | Navy, Department Of The | Confirmatory License |
| Aug 6, 2014 Reel 33487, frame 1 | Adaptive Technologies, Inc. | Aegisound, LLC | Sale and Assignment Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 35935, frame 855 | Schiller, Ean H.; Hager, Jonathan M. | Adaptive Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2015 Reel 36065, frame 710 | Schiller, Ean H.; Hager, Jonathan M. | Adaptive Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 035935 Frame 0855. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change the Nature of Conveyance to a Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment. |
| Sep 2, 2020 Reel 53676, frame 980 | Aegisound, LLC | Gentex Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 4, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 303 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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