Expired no later than Jan 28, 2019 · Low confidence
Statutory term ends May 11, 2018
Held by Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
Filed Apr 5, 2001 · Granted Mar 9, 2004
Base term plus 262 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Term ended Jan 28, 2019
1998
2026
Clock starts
May 11, 1998
May 11, 1998
Term ended
Jan 28, 2019
Jan 28, 2019
Granted
Mar 9, 2004
Mar 9, 2004
262
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Windows the record shows paid, at 4, 8 and 12 years from grant.
394
Applications in this family
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain.
This patent's term runs 262 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Low. 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts May 11, 1998 | May 11, 2018 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | chain has unresolved parents (dated from child's own claim) | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +262 days, USPTO PTA record | Jan 28, 2019 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | Expired (term) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 28, 2019 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,483,859 | Lapsed (fee unpaid) | Jan 2021 |
| US 6,702,181 | this patent | Jan 2019 |
| US 7,341,177 | Expired (term) | Apr 2022 |
| US 6,796,490 | Expired (term) | Jan 2022 |
| US 7,418,427 | Expired (term) | Sep 2025 |
| Application 60/396,607 | Pending | not computed |
| Application 60/429,249 | Pending | not computed |
| Application 60/429,250 | Pending | not computed |
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 5, 2001 Reel 11710, frame 651 | Ramachandran, Natarajan | Diebold, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2008 Reel 21127, frame 86 | Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2016 Reel 39723, frame 548 | Diebold, Incorporated; Diebold Self Service Systems | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 17, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Diebold Self Service Systems; Diebold, Incorporated | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 44048, frame 417 | Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Jan 10, 2023 Reel 62338, frame 429 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jan 10, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jan 10, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Self-Service Systems | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
Sources
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Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 262 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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 28, 2019. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2004 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: base rule, PTA, PTE, disclaimer caps, fee overlay, 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.