Term ends Apr 26, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2032
Held by Molex, LLC
Filed Sep 14, 2012 as application 13/618,138 · Granted Dec 9, 2014
Base term plus 224 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2012
Sep 14, 2012
Term ends
Apr 26, 2033
Apr 26, 2033
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 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
224
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
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 224 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 14, 2012, when this application, 13/618,138, was filed | Sep 14, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +224 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 26, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 26, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,909,135 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 9,787,349 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,027,018 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 10,381,713 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,707,557 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2012 Reel 29402, frame 784 | McCormack, Gary D.; Kyles, Ian A. | Waveconnex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33245, frame 219 | Waveconnex, Inc. | Keyssa, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 271 | Keyssa, Inc. | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2022 Reel 61521, frame 305 | Keyssa (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Molex, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 26, 2033.
Note
The 224 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
104
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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