Also listed on GM Global Technology, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 2, 2025
Filed Feb 2, 2005 as application 11/049,213 · Granted Mar 31, 2009
Base term plus 663 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2005
Feb 2, 2005
Term ends
Nov 27, 2026
Nov 27, 2026
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
Mar 31, 2009
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
663
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,906,007, to Nov 27, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 663 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 2, 2005, when this application, 11/049,213, was filed | Feb 2, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +663 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,906,007) | resolves to Nov 27, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,510,640 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,906,007 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,674,358 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2005 Reel 16254, frame 615 | Gibson, Thomas L.; Kelly, Nelson A. | General Motors Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2009 Reel 22102, frame 533 | General Motors Corporation | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2009 Reel 22201, frame 610 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | United States Department of the Treasury | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Bank Priority Secured Parties | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Hedge Priority Secured Parties | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2009 Reel 22553, frame 446 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Bank Priority Secured Parties; Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Hedge Priority Secured Parties | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2009 Reel 23124, frame 429 | United States Department of the Treasury | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2009 Reel 23127, frame 468 | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Bank Priority Secured Parties; Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Hedge Priority Secured Parties | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2009 Reel 23156, frame 52 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | United States Department of the Treasury | Security Agreement |
| Aug 28, 2009 Reel 23162, frame 1 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits Trust | Security Agreement |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25245, frame 442 | United States Department of the Treasury | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25311, frame 770 | Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits Trust | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2010 Reel 25327, frame 1 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Wilmington Trust Company | Security Agreement |
| Feb 10, 2011 Reel 25780, frame 936 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2014 Reel 34371, frame 676 | Wilmington Trust Company | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 27, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 663 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,906,007, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.