Also listed on Zamtec Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 13, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 10, 2026
Held by Memjet Technology Limited
Filed Oct 10, 2006 as application 11/544,776 · Granted Sep 16, 2008
Base term plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2006
Oct 10, 2006
Term ends
Dec 13, 2026
Dec 13, 2026
Granted
Sep 16, 2008
Sep 16, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
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
64
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.
9
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 64 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Oct 10, 2006, when this application, 11/544,776, was filed | Oct 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 13, 2026 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 13, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,425,048 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,669,956 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,669,955 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 7,658,459 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| US 7,591,523 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 7,997,673 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,918,524 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Application 12/710,236 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2006 Reel 18409, frame 255 | Sheahan, John Robert; Pulver, Mark Jackson; Morahan, Brian Christopher; Moini, Alireza; Gillespie, Timothy Peter; Webb, Michael John; Silverbrook, Kia | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2012 Reel 28568, frame 757 | Silverbrook Research Pty. Limited and Clamate Pty Limited | Zamtec Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2014 Reel 33244, frame 276 | Zamtec Limited | Memjet Technology Limited | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 13, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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