Term ended Aug 10, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 10, 2025
Held by Fleet Connect Solutions LLC
Filed Jun 20, 2008 as application 12/143,715 · Granted Apr 20, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Aug 10, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Aug 10, 2005
Aug 10, 2005
Term ended
Aug 10, 2025
Aug 10, 2025
Granted
Apr 20, 2010
Apr 20, 2010
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
4
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 10, 2005, when application 11/200,730, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2008) | Aug 10, 2025 | 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 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 10, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,412,325 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,741,968 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 7,701,360 | this patent Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| Application 90/019,771 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 23, 2008 Reel 21734, frame 13 | Tannenbaum, David H.; Tannenbaum, Mary C. | Union Beach L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2011 Reel 27308, frame 124 | Tannenbaum, David H; Tannenbaum, Mary C | Union Beach Limited Partnership | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name Previously Recorded on Reel 021734 Frame 0013. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Name of Assignee.. |
| Jan 8, 2012 Reel 27497, frame 436 | Union Beach Limited Partnership | Q Particle Research Ltd. L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2015 Reel 37273, frame 426 | Q Particle Research Ltd. L.L.C. | Chemtron Research LLC | Merger |
| May 1, 2020 Reel 52547, frame 620 | Chemtron Research LLC | Intellectual Ventures Assets 160 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2020 Reel 52853, frame 498 | Intellectual Ventures Assets 160 LLC | Fleet Connect Solutions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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