Lapsed Jun 21, 2017 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 12, 2021
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L.
Filed Apr 12, 2001 as application 09/832,923 · Granted Jun 21, 2005
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 21, 2017
2001
2026
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2001
Apr 12, 2001
No longer in force
Jun 21, 2017
Jun 21, 2017
Granted
Jun 21, 2005
Jun 21, 2005
Term would have run to
May 7, 2021
May 7, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
25
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
23
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 7, 2021: its 20-year base term plus 25 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Apr 12, 2001, when this application, 09/832,923, was filed | Apr 12, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +25 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 7, 2021 | 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 | lapsed Jun 21, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 21, 2017 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,909,874 | this patent Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 |
| US 7,302,644 | Term ended Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 8,006,184 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 11,109,114 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 7,835,920 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 9,123,380 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| Application 10/434,460 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,726,187 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2018 | May 2018 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2001 Reel 12052, frame 446 | Holtz, Alex; Couch, William H.; Snyder, Robert J. | Parkervision, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2011 Reel 25984, frame 641 | Thomson Licensing S.A. | Thomson Licensing | Change of Name and Legal Status |
| Mar 28, 2011 Reel 26028, frame 71 | Thomson Licensing | GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
140
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2005 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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