Also listed on Cornice, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 21, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 20, 2026
Filed Mar 20, 2006 as application 11/385,955 · Granted Sep 22, 2009
Base term plus 763 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2006
Mar 20, 2006
Term ends
Apr 21, 2028
Apr 21, 2028
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
Sep 22, 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
763
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.
2
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 763 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 20, 2006, when this application, 11/385,955, was filed | Mar 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +763 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 21, 2028 | 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 | Apr 21, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,593,192 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 7,817,380 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2006 Reel 17714, frame 205 | Bogacz, Chad A.; Brause, David D.; Rappel, Brian | Cornice, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2006 Reel 18480, frame 564 | Cornice, Inc. | Vantagepoint Venture Partners IV, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 1, 2007 Reel 19628, frame 193 | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Benhov GmbH, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2007 Reel 20113, frame 728 | Cornice, Inc. | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 763 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.