Lapsed Jan 26, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 12, 2023
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by 180S USA LLC and 180S IP Holdings LLC
Filed Aug 12, 2003 as application 10/638,476 · Granted Jan 26, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1350 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 26, 2022
2003
2027
Clock starts
Aug 12, 2003
Aug 12, 2003
No longer in force
Jan 26, 2022
Jan 26, 2022
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 26, 2010
Term would have run to
Apr 23, 2027
Apr 23, 2027
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
1,350
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
11
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 23, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 1350 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 12, 2003, when this application, 10/638,476, was filed | Aug 12, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1350 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 23, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 26, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 26, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,650,649 | this patent Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| US 7,962,970 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US D545,001 | Term ended Jun 2021 | Jun 2021 |
| US D541,482 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| Application PCT/US2004/025787 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,111,781 | Grace period ended Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 9,259,355 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 9,066,829 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
8 of 11 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 22, 2004 Reel 15165, frame 658 | Le Gette, Brian E.; Reeb, David L.; Tipp, Alan S.; Werner, Justin Saul | 180S, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 28, 2004 Reel 15190, frame 256 | 180S, Inc. | Witoco Venture Corporation | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2004 Reel 15341, frame 897 | 180S, Inc.; Witoco Venture Corproation; 180S, LLC | Transcap Trade Finance LLC | License |
| Apr 19, 2005 Reel 15908, frame 693 | Witoco Venture Corporation | 180S, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2005 Reel 15908, frame 700 | Transcap Trade Finance LLC | 180S, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 23, 2005 Reel 16050, frame 289 | 180S, Inc. | Patriarch Partners Agency Services, LLC | Notice of Patent Collateral Security Interest |
| Nov 21, 2023 Reel 65657, frame 332 | 180S, LLC; 180S, Inc. | 180S USA LLC; 180S IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | 180S, Inc.; 180S, LLC | 180S USA LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | 180S, Inc.; 180S, LLC | 180S IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 1350 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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