Term ends Mar 11, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 11, 2035
Filed Mar 11, 2015 as application 14/644,592 · Granted Jul 4, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015
Term ends
Mar 11, 2035
Mar 11, 2035
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Jul 4, 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.
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.
2
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 11, 2015, when this application, 14/644,592, was filed | Mar 11, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Mar 11, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,696,952 | this patent Mar 2035 | Mar 2035 |
| US 11,188,280 | In force no later than Nov 2036 | no later than Nov 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2015 Reel 35178, frame 402 | Ha, Kwang-soo; Kim, Se-young; Lim, Se-rrah | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35353, frame 791 | Ha, Kwang-soo; Kim, Se-young; Lim, Se-rrah | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 035178 Frame: 0402. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 21, 2017 Reel 41852, frame 125 | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2018 Reel 47370, frame 405 | S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. | HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Nov 21, 2018 Reel 47769, frame 1 | S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. | HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Documentation Evidencing the Change of Name Previously Recorded on Reel 047370 Frame 0405. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Oct 16, 2019 Reel 50938, frame 139 | HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. | HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. | Change of Legal Entity Effective Aug. 31, 2018 |
| Oct 17, 2019 Reel 50743, frame 481 | HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Confirmatory Assignment Effective April 15, 2019 |
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What's changing
Mar 2035
Term ends Mar 11, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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