Term ended Aug 2, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 5, 2023
Held by Assa Abloy AB
Filed Dec 5, 2003 as application 10/728,735 · Granted Oct 24, 2006
Base term plus 241 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Aug 2, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2003
Dec 5, 2003
Term ended
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
Granted
Oct 24, 2006
Oct 24, 2006
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
241
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
78
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 runs 241 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Dec 5, 2003, when this application, 10/728,735, was filed | Dec 5, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +241 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 2, 2024 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 2, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,124,942 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,232,862 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2016 | Jul 2016 |
| US 7,180,403 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 7,439,862 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,844,238 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2014 | Nov 2014 |
| US 8,063,746 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 7,782,209 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,706,778 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
8 of 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2004 Reel 14454, frame 277 | Steffen, Dale A. | Hid Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2006 Reel 18338, frame 448 | Hid Corporation | Assa Abloy Identification Technology Group AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2007 Reel 20196, frame 110 | Assa Abloy Identification Technology Group AB | Assa Abloy AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 241 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2006 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
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