Term ends Jun 6, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 17, 2023
Held by Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
Filed Sep 17, 2003 as application 10/605,240 · Granted Nov 3, 2009
Base term plus 1724 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2028
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2003
Sep 17, 2003
Term ends
Jun 6, 2028
Jun 6, 2028
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Nov 3, 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
1,724
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.
30
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 1724 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 17, 2003, when this application, 10/605,240, was filed | Sep 17, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1724 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 6, 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 | Jun 6, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,912,280 | Term ended May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,230,585 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 7,010,333 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2018 | Mar 2018 |
| US 7,050,767 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2018 | May 2018 |
| Application PCT/US2003/022792 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,167,130 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| US 7,613,472 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2003/031692 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2003 Reel 13983, frame 786 | Northcutt, John W. | Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2015 Reel 36868, frame 84 | Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Sony Mobile Communications AB | Change of Name |
| Nov 13, 2015 Reel 37109, frame 913 | Sony Mobile Communications Inc. | Snaptrack, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 23, 2015 Reel 37207, frame 572 | Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Sony Mobile Communications AB | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 036868 Frame: 0084. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Dec 6, 2017 Reel 44713, frame 347 | Sony Mobile Communications AB | Sony Mobile Communications Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 Reel 46412, frame 75 | Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | Sony Mobile Communications AB | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 036868 Frame: 0084. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1724 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
112
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.