Lapsed Nov 4, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 25, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
Filed Jul 25, 2005 as application 11/189,073 · Granted Nov 4, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 4, 2020
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2005
Jul 25, 2005
No longer in force
Nov 4, 2020
Nov 4, 2020
Granted
Nov 4, 2008
Nov 4, 2008
Term would have run to
Nov 29, 2026
Nov 29, 2026
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
492
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 Nov 29, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 492 days of term 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 Jul 25, 2005, when this application, 11/189,073, was filed | Jul 25, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +492 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 4, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 4, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,410,097 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,513,416 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,445,145 | this patent Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| US 7,513,415 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,490,757 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,815,105 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2005 Reel 16809, frame 684 | Enright, Jeffery M.; Mason, Thomas S.; Haney, Sean; Brannan, Jeff; Chapman, Dale | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of 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 44013, frame 486 | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Aug 27, 2020 Reel 53622, frame 112 | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 044013 Frame 0486. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change from Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated Todiebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated. |
| 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 |
| Dec 9, 2024 Reel 69889, frame 890 | Diebold Self-Service Systems | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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