Term ended Jul 23, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 17, 2023
Held by Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
Filed Oct 5, 2006 as application 11/544,218 · Granted May 25, 2010
Base term plus 280 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jul 23, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2003
Oct 17, 2003
Term ended
Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 2024
Granted
May 25, 2010
May 25, 2010
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
280
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.
6
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 280 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Oct 17, 2003, when application 10/688,621, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 5, 2006) | Oct 17, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +280 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 23, 2024 | 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 | Jul 23, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,469,823 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| Application 60/724,671 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,748,613 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| US 7,721,950 | this patent Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 7,870,996 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,370,792 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
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 5, 2006 Reel 18399, frame 690 | Graef, H. Thomas; Dunlap, R. Matthew; Utz, Zachary; Schoeffler, Daniel; Griggy, Shawn; Ramachandran, Natarajan | Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2016 Reel 39723, frame 548 | Diebold, Incorporated; Diebold Self Service Systems | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 44013, frame 486 | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Jul 21, 2020 Reel 53270, frame 783 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest (NOTES) |
| Jul 21, 2020 Reel 53271, frame 67 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | U.S. Bank Trustees Limited | Security Interest (NOTES) |
| Aug 27, 2020 Reel 53622, frame 112 | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold, Incorporated | Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 044013 Frame 0486. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change from Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated Todiebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated. |
| Dec 29, 2022 Reel 62250, frame 387 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest (ABL) |
| Jan 5, 2023 Reel 62299, frame 618 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement - Superpriority |
| Jan 5, 2023 Reel 62299, frame 717 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement - Term Loan |
| Jan 5, 2023 Reel 62299, frame 794 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement - 2026 Notes |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62308, frame 499 | U.S. Bank National Association, as the Resigning Agent; Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, as Grantor; Diebold Self-service Systems, As Grantor | Glas Americas LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) - Usd Notes |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62308, frame 587 | U.S. Bank Trustees Limited, as Resigning Agent; Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated, as Grantor; Diebold Self-service Systems, As Grantor | Glas Americas LLC, as the Successor Agent | Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property) - Eur Notes |
| Jan 10, 2023 Reel 62338, frame 429 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated); Diebold Self-Service Systems | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jan 10, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (F/K/A Diebold, Incorporated) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jan 10, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Diebold Self-Service Systems | Release of Security Interest in Patents Intellectual Property |
| Jun 7, 2023 Reel 64021, frame 405 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 16, 2023 Reel 64008, frame 852 | Glas Americas LLC | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (R/F 062299/0618) |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64641, frame 836 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (2025 Eur Notes Reel/Frame 053271/0067) |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64642, frame 1 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (2025 Usd Notes Reel/Frame 053270/0783) |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64642, frame 202 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (2026 Notes Reel/Frame 062299/0794) |
| Aug 18, 2023 Reel 64642, frame 288 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (NEW Term Loan Reel/Frame 062299/0717) |
| Feb 9, 2024 Reel 66545, frame 78 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2024 Reel 66599, frame 767 | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated; Diebold Self-Service Systems | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2024 Reel 69889, frame 890 | Diebold Self-Service Systems | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69743, frame 1 | Glas Americas LLC, as Collateral Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 066545/0078 |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69743, frame 497 | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Diebold Self-Service Systems; Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 066599/0767 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Diebold Self-Service Systems | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 066599/0767 |
| Dec 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank, National Association, as Agent | Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at R/F 066599/0767 |
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Note
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Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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