Term ends no later than Jan 24, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2028
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 Icontrol Networks, Inc.
Filed Jan 24, 2008 as application 12/019,568 · Granted Nov 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2008
Jan 24, 2008
Ends no later than
Jan 24, 2028
Jan 24, 2028
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Nov 27, 2018
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 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.
235
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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 24, 2008, when this application, 12/019,568, was filed | Jan 24, 2028 | 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 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jan 24, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,335,842 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,635,350 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 7,711,796 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,142,392 | this patent no later than Jan 2028 | no later than Jan 2028 |
| US 7,911,341 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application 12/189,780 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,473,619 | Term ended no later than Mar 2025 | no later than Mar 2025 |
| US 7,896,458 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
8 of 235 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2008 Reel 20785, frame 499 | Raji, Reza; Gutt, Gerald | Icontrol Networks Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2019 Reel 48572, frame 621 | Raji, Reza; Gutt, Gerald | Icontrol Networks, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 020785 Frame 0499. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends no later than Jan 24, 2028. No further fees 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 Jan 24, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
327
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.