Also listed on Kaiam Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 1, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 1, 2030
Held by T&S Communications Co. Ltd.
Filed Jul 6, 2016 as application 15/203,590 · Granted Aug 8, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2010
Feb 1, 2010
Term ends
Feb 1, 2030
Feb 1, 2030
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Aug 8, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,346,037, to Feb 1, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 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 Feb 1, 2010, when application 12/698,086, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2016) | Feb 1, 2030 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,346,037) | resolves to Feb 1, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 1, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,346,037 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 8,768,120 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,768,119 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 9,335,481 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 9,405,072 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 9,726,836 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 10,054,748 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| Application 16/046,720 | 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 11, 2016 Reel 39121, frame 271 | Pezeshki, Bardia; Heanue, John | Kaiam Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2019 Reel 49506, frame 974 | Kaiam Corp. | Kaiam (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2019 Reel 49507, frame 19 | Kaiam (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | T&S Communications Co. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 1, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,346,037, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
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
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.