Lapsed May 11, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 9, 2024
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,381,187), so the cap could be lower.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Adidas AG
Filed Sep 9, 2004 as application 10/937,119 · Granted May 11, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 11, 2022
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2004
Sep 9, 2004
No longer in force
May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
Granted
May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010
Term would have run to
Feb 10, 2026
Feb 10, 2026
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
519
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,381,187, to Feb 10, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
38
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 Feb 10, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 519 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 9, 2004, when this application, 10/937,119, was filed | Sep 9, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +519 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,381,187) | resolves to Feb 10, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 11, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 11, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,135,227 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 7,725,152 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 7,381,187 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 7,715,897 | this patent May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 7,308,294 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 7,413,802 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 7,560,671 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 7,504,127 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
8 of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2005 Reel 15634, frame 178 | Coulston, George W. | Invista North America S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2005 Reel 15784, frame 167 | Invista North America S.A.R.L. | Invista S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2005 Reel 16370, frame 156 | Invista North America S.A.R.L. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2005 Reel 16939, frame 284 | Invista SAR.L. | Textronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2005 Reel 16943, frame 525 | Coulston, George W. | Invista North America S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2009 Reel 22427, frame 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (F/K/A JPMorgan Chase Bank) | Invista North America S.A.R.L. (F/K/A Arteva North America S.A.R.L.) | Release of U.S. Patent Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45691, frame 806 | Textronics, Inc. | Adidas AG | 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.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Note
The 519 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,381,187, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
72
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.