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Vehicle Back-Up Viewing System

US 7,511,607 Term ended
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on ADC GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2025 (Cit Northbridge Credit LLC).

Term ended Oct 28, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Mar 28, 2006 as application 11/393,007 · Granted Mar 31, 2009
Base term plus 214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 28, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2006
Term ended
Oct 28, 2026
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
214
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.

This patent's term runs 214 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 28, 2006, when this application, 11/393,007, was filedMar 28, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+214 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 28, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 28, 2026High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 23, 2006
Reel 17702, frame 938
Smolenski, RichardD. Larry HubbardAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2011
Reel 27069, frame 329
Hubbard, D. Larry, DR.Old World Industries, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 25, 2012
Reel 28108, frame 482
Old World Industries, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Jun 11, 2015
Reel 35821, frame 813
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative AgentOld World Industries, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 21, 2015
Reel 37344, frame 825
Old World Industries, LLCWinplus North America, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 17, 2022
Reel 60242, frame 142
Winplus North America, Inc.ADC Solutions Auto, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 18, 2025
Reel 70538, frame 960
ADC Solutions Auto, LLC; Namawell, LLCCit Northbridge Credit LLCPatent Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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