Lapsed Nov 15, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 29, 2033
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Sonos, Inc.
Filed May 29, 2013 as application 13/904,944 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 75 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 15, 2024
2013
2033
Clock starts
May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013
No longer in force
Nov 15, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 2016
Term would have run to
Aug 12, 2033
Aug 12, 2033
base term
patent term adjustment
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
75
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,715,973, to Aug 12, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
30
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Aug 12, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 75 days of term 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: 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 May 29, 2013, when this application, 13/904,944, was filed | May 29, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +75 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 12, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,715,973) | resolves to Aug 12, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 15, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 15, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,684,484 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,495,076 | this patent Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,735,978 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,715,973 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,703,521 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 9,953,179 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,798,510 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US D775,632 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
8 of 30 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 16, 2013 Reel 30809, frame 556 | Kumar, Abhishek; Schulert, Andrew; Lambourne, Robert; Coburn, Arther, IV | Sonos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2016 Reel 38329, frame 253 | Sonos, Inc. | Gordon Brothers Finance Company | Security Interest |
| Jul 25, 2018 Reel 46625, frame 882 | Gordon Brothers Finance Company | Sonos, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2018 Reel 46991, frame 433 | Sonos, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 58123, frame 206 | Sonos, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 18, 2021 Reel 58213, frame 597 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Sonos, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 75 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,715,973, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
98
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.