Term ended Jul 7, 2021 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 28, 2021
Filed Jan 2, 2004 as application 10/750,705 · Granted May 20, 2008
Base term plus 129 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jul 7, 2021
2001
2026
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2001
Feb 28, 2001
Term ended
Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021
Granted
May 20, 2008
May 20, 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
129
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.
2
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 129 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 Feb 28, 2001, when application 09/796,337, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 2, 2004) | Feb 28, 2021 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +129 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 7, 2021 | 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 | Jul 7, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,036,905 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,376,572 | this patent Jul 2021 | Jul 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2004 Reel 15173, frame 439 | Siegel, Philip S. | Newgistics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2006 Reel 17262, frame 541 | Newgistics, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 8, 2006 Reel 17262, frame 958 | Newgistics, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 10, 2011 Reel 25937, frame 166 | Comerica Bank | Newgistics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2013 Reel 31795, frame 762 | Newgistics, Inc. | BNP Paribas | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2017 Reel 43761, frame 893 | Bnp Paribas, As Collateral Agent | Newgistics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2019 Reel 50905, frame 640 | Pitney Bowes Inc.; Newgistics, Inc.; Borderfree, Inc.; Tacit Knowledge, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 25, 2021 Reel 55419, frame 430 | Newgistics, Inc. | Pitney Bowes Global Logistics LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Note
The 129 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
102
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.
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