Also listed on Ems Technologies Canada, Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 24, 2013 (HSBC Bank Canada).
Term ends Mar 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 10, 2024
Filed Sep 10, 2004 as application 10/938,305 · Granted Sep 22, 2009
Base term plus 904 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2004
Sep 10, 2004
Term ends
Mar 3, 2027
Mar 3, 2027
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
904
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 904 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 Sep 10, 2004, when this application, 10/938,305, was filed | Sep 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +904 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 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 | Mar 3, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,593,490 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,590,199 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2004 Reel 15787, frame 871 | Eup, Lars | Ems Satellite Networks | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2004 Reel 15787, frame 884 | Sheikholeslami Alagha, Nader | Ems Satellite Networks | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 24, 2005 Reel 15778, frame 208 | Ems Technologies Canada, Ltd. | Bank Of America, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2005 Reel 16475, frame 795 | Ems Satellite Networks | Ems Technologies Canada Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2006 Reel 17783, frame 275 | Ems Technologies Canada, Ltd. | Advantech Satellite Networks Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 24, 2013 Reel 30668, frame 530 | Advantech Wireless Inc. | HSBC Bank Canada | Notice of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 904 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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.