Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 17, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends no later than Mar 25, 2030 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 25, 2030
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.
Filed Oct 16, 2013 as application 14/055,797 · Granted Jan 24, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 25, 2010
Mar 25, 2010
Ends no later than
Mar 25, 2030
Mar 25, 2030
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Jan 24, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
4
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 25, 2010, when application 12/732,132, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 16, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 25, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Mar 25, 2030 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application 12/732,132 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,576,202 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,552,106 | this patent no later than Mar 2030 | no later than Mar 2030 |
| US 10,678,379 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37019, frame 711 | Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Gao, Ting; Kent, Joel C.; Haller, Jeffrey T.; Scharff, Daniel H.; Avery, Timothy O. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 10, 2015 Reel 37256, frame 53 | Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Gao, Ting; Kent, Joel C.; Haller, Jeffrey T.; Scharff, Daniel H.; Avery, Timothy O. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2017 Reel 44652, frame 421 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 14, 2018 Reel 47909, frame 833 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 Reel 47956, frame 114 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64571, frame 711 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Address Change |
| Mar 27, 2025 Reel 70666, frame 540 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2025 Reel 70670, frame 714 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interests (First Lien) in Patents |
| Sep 30, 2025 Reel 72982, frame 372 | Citizens Bank, N.a. | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 070666/FRAME 0540 |
| Dec 17, 2025 Reel 74005, frame 708 | Elo Touch Solutions, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends no later than Mar 25, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 25, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.