Term ends Nov 30, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 15, 2033
Held by Zebra Technologies Corporation
Filed Dec 1, 2014 as application 14/556,758 · Granted Dec 13, 2016
Base term plus 138 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2013
Jul 15, 2013
Term ends
Nov 30, 2033
Nov 30, 2033
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Dec 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
138
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.
15
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 138 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 Jul 15, 2013, when application 13/942,316, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 1, 2014) | Jul 15, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +138 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 30, 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 | Nov 30, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,002,485 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| Application 13/942,139 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/297,229 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,715,005 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 10,609,762 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,437,658 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 14/556,762 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,517,417 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2016 Reel 38484, frame 470 | Austerlade, David J.; Hofer, Gene A.; O'hagan, James J. | Zih Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2017 Reel 44616, frame 736 | Zih Corp. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2019 Reel 48884, frame 618 | Zih Corp. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Merger |
| Jul 3, 2019 Reel 49675, frame 49 | Zebra Technologies Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 1, 2020 Reel 53841, frame 212 | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 56036, frame 590 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Zebra Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Laser Band, LLC | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
| Mar 5, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Temptime Corporation | Release of Security Interest - 364 - Day |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 30, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 138 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
82
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.