Lapsed Feb 26, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 27, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Electro Industries /Gauge Tech
Filed Jan 27, 2006 as application 11/341,802 · Granted Feb 26, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 26, 2020
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2006
Jan 27, 2006
No longer in force
Feb 26, 2020
Feb 26, 2020
Granted
Feb 26, 2008
Feb 26, 2008
Term would have run to
Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026
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.
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.
7
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 Jan 27, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no 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 Jan 27, 2006, when this application, 11/341,802, was filed | Jan 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Feb 26, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 26, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,337,081 | this patent Feb 2020 | Feb 2020 |
| US 7,899,630 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,666,688 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,121,801 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,930,153 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 12,061,218 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application 18/741,147 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 27, 2006 Reel 17572, frame 650 | Kagan, Erran | Electro Industries /Gauge Tech | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
82
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2008 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.