Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 12, 2012 (Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC).
Lapsed Jul 28, 2017 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 12, 2025
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Belkin International, Inc.
Filed Jul 3, 2007 as application 11/773,381 · Granted Jul 28, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 28, 2017
2005
2026
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2005
Apr 12, 2005
No longer in force
Jul 28, 2017
Jul 28, 2017
Granted
Jul 28, 2009
Jul 28, 2009
Term would have run to
Apr 12, 2025
Apr 12, 2025
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
14
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 Apr 12, 2025: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 12, 2005, when application 11/105,063, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 3, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 12, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 28, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 28, 2017 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,240,111 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 7,607,618 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 |
| US 8,144,120 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2016 | Mar 2016 |
| US 7,318,750 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,510,420 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| US 7,518,265 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,909,624 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2015 | Mar 2015 |
| US 7,568,029 | this patent Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2007 Reel 19515, frame 719 | Vanharlingen, Brian; Leibow, Michael; Chen, Li-ter | Belkin Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2007 Reel 20123, frame 289 | Belkin International, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 4, 2008 Reel 21336, frame 559 | Belkin International, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 19, 2009 Reel 22846, frame 521 | Belkin Corporation | Belkin International, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 3, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | Belkin International, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Corporation) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | Belkin, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Logistics, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2011 Reel 27008, frame 824 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | Belkin International, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Corporation); Belkin, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Logistics, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 12, 2012 Reel 27844, frame 525 | Belkin International, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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