Term ends Nov 7, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 13, 2026
Held by VALUE8 Co., Ltd.
Filed Jun 13, 2006 as application 11/452,117 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term plus 878 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2006
Jun 13, 2006
Term ends
Nov 7, 2028
Nov 7, 2028
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 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
878
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
11
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 878 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 13, 2006, when this application, 11/452,117, was filed | Jun 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +878 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 7, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 7, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,689,253 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,930,158 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,038,998 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 11,563,840 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 12,341,920 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Application 19/027,080 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 90/019,919 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,549,659 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2006 Reel 18107, frame 454 | Basir, Otman A. | E-Lane Systems Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2010 Reel 24304, frame 590 | Basir, Otman; E-Lane Systems Inc. | Intelligent Mechatronics Systems Inc. | Technology Purchase and Sale Agreement |
| Feb 23, 2012 Reel 27950, frame 651 | Otman Basir; E-Lane Systems Inc. | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 024304, Frame 0590. |
| Oct 19, 2012 Reel 29155, frame 179 | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Infinite Potential Technologies LP | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2013 Reel 30311, frame 483 | Infinite Potential Technologies LP, | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2016 Reel 39931, frame 252 | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Ridetones, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2019 Reel 49269, frame 918 | Ridetones Inc. | Appy Risk Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53605, frame 708 | Appy Risk Technologies Limited | VALUE8 Co., Ltd. | 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
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 7, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 878 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
240
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.