Term ends Apr 9, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2032
Filed Oct 30, 2012 as application 13/664,014 · Granted Nov 25, 2014
Base term plus 161 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
Term ends
Apr 9, 2033
Apr 9, 2033
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Nov 25, 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
161
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 161 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 Oct 30, 2012, when this application, 13/664,014, was filed | Oct 30, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +161 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 9, 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 9, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,897,734 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,100,114 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
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 11, 2014 Reel 32402, frame 354 | ST-Ericsson S.A. | ST-Ericsson at S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32402, frame 155 | Peltonen, Janne Olavi | ST-Ericsson S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32429, frame 350 | ST-Ericsson at S.A. | Ericsson Modems S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35948, frame 147 | Ericsson Modems S.A. | Ericsson AB | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35931, frame 1 | Ericsson AB | Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 9, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 161 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.