Term ends Jul 1, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 9, 2027
Held by STC.UNM
Filed Mar 9, 2007 as application 11/684,264 · Granted Apr 21, 2009
Base term plus 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 9, 2007
Mar 9, 2007
Term ends
Jul 1, 2027
Jul 1, 2027
Granted
Apr 21, 2009
Apr 21, 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
114
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.
6
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 114 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 Mar 9, 2007, when this application, 11/684,264, was filed | Mar 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +114 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 1, 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 | Jul 1, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,521,274 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/063673 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,968,359 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,716,045 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
4 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2007 Reel 19315, frame 821 | Hersee, Stephen D.; Sun, Xinyu; Wang, Xin | Regents of the University of New Mexico | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2007 Reel 19315, frame 842 | University of New Mexico | STC.UNM | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 1, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
287
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.