Also listed on Motorola, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 2, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 1, 2024
Held by Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Filed Jul 1, 2004 as application 10/884,486 · Granted Dec 1, 2009
Base term plus 915 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Jul 1, 2004
Jul 1, 2004
Term ends
Jan 2, 2027
Jan 2, 2027
Granted
Dec 1, 2009
Dec 1, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
915
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 915 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 Jul 1, 2004, when this application, 10/884,486, was filed | Jul 1, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +915 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 2, 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 | Jan 2, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,627,171 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,073,254 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
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 1, 2004 Reel 15556, frame 851 | Hampshire, II, John B.; Saptharishi, Mahesh | General Electric Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2007 Reel 18970, frame 447 | GE Security, Inc. | Broad Reach Security LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2007 Reel 19208, frame 212 | Broad Reach Security LLC | Videoiq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2008 Reel 20800, frame 444 | Broad Reach Security LLC | Videoiq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33459, frame 167 | General Electric Company | GE Security, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jan 5, 2015 Reel 34636, frame 946 | Videoiq, Inc. | Avo USA Holding 2 Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2015 Reel 35360, frame 668 | Avo USA Holding 2 Corporation | HSBC Bank Canada | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2016 Reel 37425, frame 222 | Avo USA Holding 2 Corporation | Avigilon Patent Holding 2 Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 26, 2016 Reel 38824, frame 915 | Avigilon Patent Holding 2 Corporation | Avigilon Analytics Corporation | Change of Name |
| Aug 21, 2018 Reel 47029, frame 362 | HSBC Bank Canada | Avigilon Analytics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2022 Reel 60942, frame 249 | Avigilon Analytics Corporation | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 2, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 915 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
96
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.
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