Term ended Aug 15, 2017 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 21, 2017
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jun 17, 2019.
Held by LBT IP LLC
Filed Sep 27, 2004 as application 10/951,855 · Granted May 15, 2007
Base term plus 86 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Aug 15, 2017
1997
2026
Clock starts
May 21, 1997
May 21, 1997
Term ended
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 2017
Granted
May 15, 2007
May 15, 2007
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
86
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 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.
185
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 86 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 May 21, 1997, when application 08/859,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 27, 2004); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 21, 2017 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +86 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 15, 2017 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jun 17, 2019, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 15, 2017 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,218,242 | this patent Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| US 7,728,724 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,098,132 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 7,598,855 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 11/784,400 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/784,318 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/753,979 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,111,189 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
8 of 185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2006 Reel 17105, frame 841 | Esp Networks, Inc. | Morse, David | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2006 Reel 17601, frame 980 | E.S.P. Networks Inc. | Morse, David M. | Signed Letter and Ucc Financing Statement Amendment (Assignment from E.S.P. Networks T David M. Morse). |
| May 11, 2006 Reel 17613, frame 767 | Morse, David M. | Pocketfinder Inc. | IP & TM Agreement Between Pocketfinder, Inc. and David M. Morse |
| Jan 18, 2007 Reel 18777, frame 926 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Gazdzinski & Associates | Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2007 Reel 19432, frame 962 | Morse, David M. | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correspondence Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 017613 Frame 0767. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the IP & TM Agreement Between Pocketfinder, Inc. and David M. Morse. |
| Jun 20, 2007 Reel 19448, frame 788 | Gazdzinski & Associates, P.C. | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Security Interest Release |
| Jun 20, 2007 Reel 19458, frame 154 | Gazdzinski & Associates | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Security Agreement (Release of Security Interest) |
| Sep 17, 2007 Reel 19834, frame 430 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2007 Reel 20072, frame 779 | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 9, 2010 Reel 24662, frame 212 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Netgain Financial, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2010 Reel 24879, frame 117 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Netgain Financial, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Listed on Cover Sheet Previously Recorded on Reel 024662 Frame 0212. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignor of All Interest Is Location Based Technologies, Inc.. |
| Jan 14, 2011 Reel 25644, frame 701 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 3, 2017 Reel 44447, frame 886 | Silicon Valley Bank | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 627 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 910 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Leu, Jeff | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Smith, Chuck | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Meyers, David | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Evans, Cody | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Rolf | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Chenitz, Richard | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Bridge Loans, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Marcotte, Adam | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Ecpc Capital II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Scott | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49032, frame 874 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | LBT IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49036, frame 377 | Haugen, Gregg; Haugen, Gregg, Ira; Chenitz, Richard; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Bridge Loans LLC; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Citations
75
later US patents cite this one
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