Term ends Dec 30, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2026
Held by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Filed Jul 7, 2014 as application 14/325,266 · Granted Mar 7, 2017
Base term plus 44 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2006
Nov 16, 2006
Term ends
Dec 30, 2026
Dec 30, 2026
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Mar 7, 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
44
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 8,856,513, to Dec 30, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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 44 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 16, 2006, when application 11/601,323, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2014) | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +44 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,856,513) | resolves to Dec 30, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Dec 30, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,613,915 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,856,513 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,601,247 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,621,188 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 9,589,154 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,881,182 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 15/849,578 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 8, 2014 Reel 33266, frame 609 | Princen, John; Srinivasan, Pramila | Broadon Communications Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2014 Reel 33281, frame 945 | Broadon Communications Corp. | Igware Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 8, 2014 Reel 33281, frame 948 | Igware Inc. | Acer Cloud Technology Inc. | Merger |
| Jan 26, 2021 Reel 55029, frame 142 | Acer Cloud Technology Inc. | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 30, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 44 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 8,856,513, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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.