Term ends May 15, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 22, 2025
Held by Longhorn Automotive Group LLC
Filed Nov 22, 2005 as application 11/285,556 · Granted Mar 17, 2009
Base term plus 539 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2005
Nov 22, 2005
Term ends
May 15, 2027
May 15, 2027
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
539
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.
5
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 539 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 Nov 22, 2005, when this application, 11/285,556, was filed | Nov 22, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +539 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 15, 2027 | 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 | May 15, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,505,784 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,280,438 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,270,933 | In force (reinstated) Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US RE48,400 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2009 Reel 23615, frame 492 | Barbera, Melvin A. | Zoomsafer Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 24, 2012 Reel 29187, frame 494 | Barbera, Melvin A. | Zoom Safer Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 023615 Frame 0492. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignor(S) Interest. |
| Oct 31, 2012 Reel 29227, frame 818 | Barbera, Melvin A. | Zoom Safer Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Inventor's Initials on the Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 029187 Frame 0494. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignor(S) Interest. |
| Nov 20, 2012 Reel 29331, frame 663 | Zoom Safer Inc. | Mykee Acquisitions L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2015 Reel 36959, frame 142 | Mykee Acquisitions L.L.C. | Tamiras per Pte. Ltd., LLC | Merger |
| Sep 25, 2023 Reel 65015, frame 707 | Tamiras per Pte. Ltd., LLC | Intellectual Ventures Assets 190 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2023 Reel 65227, frame 107 | Intellectual Ventures Assets 190 LLC | AI-Core Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2024 Reel 66911, frame 261 | AI-Core Technologies, LLC | Longhorn Automotive Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 15, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 539 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
350
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2009 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.