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US 7,653,091 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jan 26, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 30, 2005 as application 11/171,557 · Granted Jan 26, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 644 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 26, 2022
2005 2027
Clock starts
May 12, 2005
No longer in force
Jan 26, 2022
Granted
Jan 26, 2010
Term would have run to
Feb 15, 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
644
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.
4
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 Feb 15, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 644 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 12, 2005, when application 11/127,379, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2005)May 12, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+644 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 15, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jan 26, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 26, 2022High confidence

This family

US 7,539,219In force
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US 7,653,091this patent
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Application PCT/US2006/003084PCT application
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no patent term
Application PCT/US2006/018301PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 21, 2005
Reel 16786, frame 93
Kwong, Sze Ming Patrick; Lam, Man Lung Alan; Maung, Tun Oo GeorgeRadioshack CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2012
Reel 29038, frame 481
Radioshack CorporationWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Sep 27, 2012
Reel 29040, frame 818
Radioshack CorporationBank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
Dec 10, 2013
Reel 31793, frame 554
Radioshack CorporationSalus Capital Partners, LLC, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Dec 11, 2013
Reel 31795, frame 287
Radioshack CorporationGeneral Electric Capital CorporationSecurity Agreement
Dec 12, 2013
Reel 31796, frame 969
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as AgentRadioshack CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2013
Reel 31796, frame 978
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentRadioshack CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Nov 6, 2014
Reel 34181, frame 1
General Electric Capital Corporation, as AgentCantor Fitzgerald Securities, As Successor AgentAgency Transfer Agreement (Credit Agreement)
Jul 8, 2015
Reel 36079, frame 425
Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack LimitedGeneral Wireless IP Holdings LLC; General Wireless Operations Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2015
Reel 36079, frame 487
General Wireless IP Holdings LLCKensington Technology Holdings, LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 8, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack LimitedGeneral Wireless IP Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack LimitedGeneral Wireless Operations Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 16, 2015
Reel 36142, frame 142
Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack LimitedGeneral Wireless IP Holdings LLCCorrect an Error in a Cover Sheet Previously Recorded
Nov 12, 2020
Reel 54353, frame 209
Radioshack Online Ipco, LLCGeneral Wireless IP Holdings LLCSecurity Interest
Jan 28, 2021
Reel 55064, frame 946
General Wireless IP Holdings LLCRadioshack Online Ipco, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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