Lapsed Feb 2, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 3, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Orr Partners I, LP
Filed Oct 31, 2007 as application 11/931,610 · Granted Feb 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 120 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 2, 2022
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2007
Apr 3, 2007
No longer in force
Feb 2, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
Feb 2, 2010
Term would have run to
Aug 1, 2027
Aug 1, 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
120
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.
9
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 Aug 1, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 120 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 Apr 3, 2007, when application 11/695,913, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2007) | Apr 3, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +120 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 1, 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 Feb 2, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 2, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,466,281 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,466,269 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,656,358 | this patent Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 7,847,749 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 7,554,505 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,656,359 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 7,884,779 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 7,961,153 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2007 Reel 20046, frame 291 | Haziza, Dedi David | Wavebender, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2007 Reel 20161, frame 516 | Wavebender, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. and Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 28, 2007 Reel 20190, frame 687 | Wavebender, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Wavebender, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 28, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Wavebender, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25966, frame 872 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Leding & Leasing V, Inc. | Wavebender, Inc. | Release |
| May 7, 2013 Reel 30360, frame 123 | Wavebender, Inc. | Orr Partners I, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 120 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
185
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.