Collateral for a security interest recorded May 15, 2024 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Nov 15, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 21, 2026
Held by Universal Electronics Inc.
Filed May 13, 2014 as application 14/276,466 · Granted Feb 28, 2017
Base term plus 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2006
Feb 21, 2006
Term ends
Nov 15, 2026
Nov 15, 2026
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Feb 28, 2017
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
267
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 267 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Feb 21, 2006, when application 11/359,149, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2014) | Feb 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +267 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 15, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 15, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,668,197 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,761,199 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 9,582,996 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,192,428 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,490,064 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| Application 16/595,684 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,657,703 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 11,961,391 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
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 14, 2014 Reel 33305, frame 366 | Vergis, George | Universal Electronics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2024 Reel 67417, frame 402 | Universal Electronics Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 15, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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