Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2025 (Cit Northbridge Credit LLC).
Term ended Jan 20, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 20, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by ADC Solutions Auto, LLC
Filed Dec 6, 2006 as application 11/567,504 · Granted Jul 17, 2007
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jan 20, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2006
Jan 20, 2006
Term ended
Jan 20, 2026
Jan 20, 2026
Granted
Jul 17, 2007
Jul 17, 2007
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
11
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 20, 2006, when applications 29/252,238, 29/252,239 and 29/252,296, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 6, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 20, 2026 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | Jan 20, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,245,207 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,194,132 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| Application 13/462,371 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,637,051 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 11,603,042 | In force no later than Aug 2027 | no later than Aug 2027 |
5 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2007 Reel 18785, frame 265 | Dayan, Maurice S; Dayan, Mervin A | Intellectual Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2007 Reel 19223, frame 55 | Sharp, Larry D. | Intellectual Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2012 Reel 27852, frame 261 | Intellectual Solutions, Inc. | Old World Industries, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 11, 2015 Reel 35821, frame 813 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent | Old World Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 21, 2015 Reel 37344, frame 825 | Old World Industries, LLC | Winplus North America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2022 Reel 60242, frame 142 | Winplus North America, Inc. | ADC Solutions Auto, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2025 Reel 70538, frame 960 | ADC Solutions Auto, LLC; Namawell, LLC | Cit Northbridge Credit LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
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Citations
137
later US patents cite this one
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