Term ended Dec 30, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 30, 2025
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,474,010), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed May 25, 2013 as application 13/902,791 · Granted Mar 10, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Dec 30, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2005
Dec 30, 2005
Term ended
Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,861,281, US 8,474,010, to Dec 30, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 30, 2005, when application 11/323,338, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 25, 2013) | Dec 30, 2025 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,861,281, US 8,474,010) | resolves to Dec 30, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 30, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,861,281 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,474,010 | Term ended no later than Apr 2026 | no later than Apr 2026 |
| US 8,978,096 | this patent Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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 16, 2018 Reel 45253, frame 67 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54136, frame 618 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (2017 A&r Ca) |
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54136, frame 630 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (364-DAY Ca) |
| Oct 27, 2020 Reel 54185, frame 113 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55589, frame 320 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Rerlease of Security Interest - Reflexis |
| Jul 20, 2022 Reel 60563, frame 523 | Reflexis Systems, Inc. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,861,281, US 8,474,010, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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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