Term ends Oct 30, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 26, 2024
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,610,196), so the cap could be lower.
Held by BlackBerry Limited
Filed Oct 26, 2004 as application 10/973,575 · Granted Mar 16, 2010
Base term plus 1527 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2004
Oct 26, 2004
Term ends
Oct 30, 2027
Oct 30, 2027
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,527
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,610,196.
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.
8
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 1527 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 26, 2004, when this application, 10/973,575, was filed | Oct 26, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1527 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 31, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,610,196) | capped to Oct 30, 2027 | Medium 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 | Oct 30, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,680,652 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,170,879 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 7,610,196 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 7,949,520 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 7,716,046 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,306,821 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,543,390 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,150,682 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
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 26, 2004 Reel 15934, frame 70 | Giesbrecht, David; Hetherington, Phillip | Harman Becker Automotive Systems - Wavemakers, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2006 Reel 18515, frame 376 | Harman Becker Automotive Systems - Wavemakers, Inc. | QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 8, 2009 Reel 22659, frame 743 | Harman International Industries, Incorporated; Becker Service-und Verwaltung GmbH; Crown Audio, Inc.; Harman Becker Automotive Systems (Michigan), Inc.; Harman Becker Automotive Systems Holding GmbH; Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc.; Harman Consumer Group, Inc.; Harman Deutschland GmbH; Harman Financial Group LLC; Harman Holding GmbH & Co. KG; Harman Music Group, Incorporated; Harman Software Technology International Beteiligungs GmbH; Harman Software Technology Management GmbH; Hbas International GmbH; Hbas Manufacturing, Inc.; Innovative Systems GmbH Navigation-Multimedia; JBL Incorporated; Lexicon, Incorporated; Margi Systems, Inc.; QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.; QNX Software Systems Canada Corporation; QNX Software Systems Co.; QNX Software Systems GmbH; QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG; QNX Software Systems International Corporation; QNX Software Systems, Inc.; XS Embedded GmbH (F/K/A Harman Becker Media Drive Technology GmbH) | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 3, 2010 Reel 24483, frame 45 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Harman International Industries, Incorporated; QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.; QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Harman International Industries, Incorporated | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc. | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG | Partial Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 9, 2010 Reel 24659, frame 370 | QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc. | QNX Software Systems Co. | Confirmatory Assignment |
| Feb 27, 2012 Reel 27768, frame 863 | QNX Software Systems Co. | QNX Software Systems Limited | Change of Name |
| Apr 4, 2014 Reel 32607, frame 674 | 8758271 Canada Inc. | 2236008 Ontario Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2014 Reel 32607, frame 943 | QNX Software Systems Limited | 8758271 Canada Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 53313, frame 315 | 2236008 Ontario Inc. | BlackBerry Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 30, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1527 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,610,196.
Citations
33
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.
How we rank
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