Term ended no later than Oct 10, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 10, 2026
Held by Memjet Technology Limited
Filed Jul 22, 2008 as application 12/177,156 · Granted Mar 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Oct 10, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2006
Oct 10, 2006
Ended no later than
Oct 10, 2026
Oct 10, 2026
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Mar 2, 2010
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
9
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 10, 2006, when application 11/544,776, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 22, 2008) | Oct 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Oct 10, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,425,048 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,669,956 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,669,955 | this patent no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 7,658,459 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| US 7,591,523 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 7,997,673 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,918,524 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| Application 12/710,236 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2008 Reel 21275, frame 187 | Sheahan, John Robert; Pulver, Mark Jackson; Morahan, Brian Christopher; Moini, Alireza; Gillespie, Timothy Peter; Webb, Michael John; Silverbrook, Kia | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 18, 2012 Reel 28581, frame 721 | Silverbrook Research Pty. Limited and Clamate Pty Limited | Zamtec Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2014 Reel 33244, frame 276 | Zamtec Limited | Memjet Technology Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 10, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.