Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 20, 2021 (Lit-US Chisum 21-A, LLC).
Term ended May 12, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 1, 2025
Held by LBT IP II LLC
Filed Jul 21, 2006 as application 11/491,370 · Granted Oct 6, 2009
Base term plus 465 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended May 12, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2005
Feb 1, 2005
Term ended
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
Granted
Oct 6, 2009
Oct 6, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
465
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.
185
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 465 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 1, 2005, when application 11/048,395, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2006) | Feb 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +465 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 12, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 12, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,218,242 | Term ended Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| US 7,728,724 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,098,132 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 7,598,855 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 11/784,400 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/784,318 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/753,979 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,111,189 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
8 of 185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2007 Reel 18777, frame 926 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Gazdzinski & Associates | Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2007 Reel 19448, frame 788 | Gazdzinski & Associates, P.C. | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Security Interest Release |
| Jun 20, 2007 Reel 19458, frame 154 | Gazdzinski & Associates | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Security Agreement (Release of Security Interest) |
| Jun 30, 2007 Reel 19502, frame 228 | Scalisi, Joseph F.; Morse, David M.; Mejia, Desiree C. | Pocketfinder, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 19, 2007 Reel 19846, frame 606 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Change of Name |
| Sep 19, 2007 Reel 19846, frame 697 | Pocketfinder, LLC | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Merger |
| Dec 11, 2007 Reel 20225, frame 642 | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 5, 2010 Reel 24483, frame 837 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Law Office of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Oct 1, 2010 Reel 25077, frame 360 | Law Office of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 14, 2011 Reel 25644, frame 701 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2012 Reel 29373, frame 124 | Haugen, Greggory S. | Bridge Loans, LLC | Lien Removal and Reconveyance |
| Nov 3, 2017 Reel 44447, frame 886 | Silicon Valley Bank | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 627 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 910 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Leu, Jeff | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Smith, Chuck | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Meyers, David | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Evans, Cody | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Rolf | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Chenitz, Richard | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Bridge Loans, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Marcotte, Adam | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Ecpc Capital II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Scott | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49032, frame 874 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | LBT IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49036, frame 377 | Haugen, Gregg; Haugen, Gregg, Ira; Chenitz, Richard; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Bridge Loans LLC; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2021 Reel 57313, frame 154 | LBT IP LLC | LBT IP II LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2021 Reel 57535, frame 745 | LBT IP II LLC | Lit-US Chisum 21-A, LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 465 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
196
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
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