Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 27, 2011 (Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC).
Term ended Sep 24, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 14, 2024
Held by Group Dekko, Inc.
Filed May 14, 2004 as application 10/845,678 · Granted Jan 29, 2008
Base term plus 498 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Sep 24, 2025
2004
2026
Clock starts
May 14, 2004
May 14, 2004
Term ended
Sep 24, 2025
Sep 24, 2025
Granted
Jan 29, 2008
Jan 29, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
498
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.
3
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 498 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 May 14, 2004, when this application, 10/845,678, was filed | May 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +498 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 24, 2025 | 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 | Sep 24, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,323,882 | this patent Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 7,946,883 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,621,774 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2004 Reel 15337, frame 290 | Hayes, Daniel L.; Kondas, Shawn J. | Pent Technololgies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2006 Reel 17971, frame 469 | Pent Technologies, Inc.; Dekko Technologies, LLC | Dymas Funding Company, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 9, 2008 Reel 21936, frame 719 | Pent Technologies, Inc. | Group Dekko, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 27, 2011 Reel 26503, frame 966 | Group Dekko, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
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Note
The 498 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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