Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Mar 25, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2028
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed Apr 18, 2008 as application 12/148,444 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term plus 2532 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2035
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2008
Apr 18, 2008
Term ends
Mar 25, 2035
Mar 25, 2035
Granted
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
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
2,532
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.
64
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 2532 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 Apr 18, 2008, when this application, 12/148,444, was filed | Apr 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2532 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 25, 2035 | 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 | Mar 25, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,907,222 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2006/034715 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,994,622 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,350,850 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 7,969,514 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,805,591 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/061771 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,525,938 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 64 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2008 Reel 20871, frame 820 | Pope, Steven M.; Chock, Raymond O.; Sheridan, Norman G. | Zilog, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2009 Reel 22343, frame 395 | Zilog, Inc.; Zilog International, Ltd. | Uei Cayman Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 28, 2016 Reel 38402, frame 250 | Uei Cayman Inc. | C.G. Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2016 Reel 38416, frame 581 | C.G. Development Limited; Uei Cayman Inc. | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 25, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 2532 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
143
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.