Term ends Mar 28, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 5, 2033
Held by ABB Robotics Schweiz AG
Filed Sep 5, 2013 as application 14/018,621 · Granted Jun 7, 2016
Base term plus 204 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2013
Sep 5, 2013
Term ends
Mar 28, 2034
Mar 28, 2034
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 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
204
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.
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 runs 204 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 5, 2013, when this application, 14/018,621, was filed | Sep 5, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +204 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 2034 | 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 28, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,358,780 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 15/007,851 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,821,725 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2013 Reel 31182, frame 660 | Pitz, Heiner; Matern, Alexander | Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2026 Reel 73829, frame 580 | Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | ABB Robotics Schweiz AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 28, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 204 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.