Term ends Jun 6, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 22, 2032
Held by Molex, LLC
Filed Mar 22, 2012 as application 13/427,576 · Granted Sep 13, 2016
USPTO first gave this application the number US 9,373,894 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 441 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2012
Mar 22, 2012
Term ends
Jun 6, 2033
Jun 6, 2033
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 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
441
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.
40
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 441 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 Mar 22, 2012, when this application, 13/427,576, was filed | Mar 22, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +441 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 6, 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 | Jun 6, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,554,136 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,444,146 | this patent Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 8,811,526 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,322,904 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application 13/541,543 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,407,311 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 8,794,980 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,191,263 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
8 of 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2012 Reel 28499, frame 408 | Kyles, Ian A.; McCormack, Gary D. | Waveconnex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2014 Reel 33245, frame 176 | 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
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What's changing
Jun 2033
Term ends Jun 6, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 441 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
107
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.