Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 21, 2020 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ended Apr 23, 2022 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 25, 2017
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
Filed May 23, 2001 as application 09/863,911 · Granted Mar 11, 2008
Base term plus 1610 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Apr 23, 2022
1997
2026
Clock starts
Nov 25, 1997
Nov 25, 1997
Term ended
Apr 23, 2022
Apr 23, 2022
Granted
Mar 11, 2008
Mar 11, 2008
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
1,610
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.
669
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 1610 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Nov 25, 1997, when application PCT/US1997/021422, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2001); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 25, 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 | +1610 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 23, 2022 | 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 | Apr 23, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,483,859 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 6,457,640 | Term ended Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| Application 09/811,718 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 6,702,181 | Term ended no later than Jan 2019 | no later than Jan 2019 |
| US 7,341,177 | this patent Apr 2022 | Apr 2022 |
| US 6,607,081 | Term ended Nov 2016 | Nov 2016 |
| US 7,077,312 | Term ended Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| US 7,162,449 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 |
8 of 669 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2001 Reel 11850, frame 562 | Drummond, Jay Paul | Diebold, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2001 Reel 11850, frame 584 | Shepley, Steven; Cwikla, Joseph; Reed, Bryan; Block, James; Smith, Mark D. | Diebold, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2001 Reel 11850, frame 614 | Usner, Robert | Diebold, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2016 Reel 39723, frame 548 | Diebold, Incorporated; Diebold Self Service Systems | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 44048, frame 417 | Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Jul 21, 2020 Reel 53270, frame 783 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest (NOTES) |
| Jul 21, 2020 Reel 53271, frame 67 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | U.S. Bank Trustees Limited | Security Interest (NOTES) |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62308, frame 499 | U.S. Bank National Association, as the Resigning Agent; Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, as Grantor; Diebold Self-service Systems, As Grantor | Glas Americas LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) - Usd Notes |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62308, frame 587 | U.S. Bank Trustees Limited, as Resigning Agent; Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, as Grantor; Diebold Self-service Systems, As Grantor | Glas Americas LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) - Eur Notes |
| Jan 10, 2023 Reel 62338, frame 429 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jan 10, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jan 10, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Self-Service Systems | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64641, frame 836 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (2025 Eur Notes Reel/Frame 053271/0067) |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64642, frame 1 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (2025 Usd Notes Reel/Frame 053270/0783) |
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Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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