Lapsed May 25, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 9, 2024
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Adidas AG
Filed Sep 9, 2004 as application 10/937,120 · Granted May 25, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 568 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 25, 2022
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2004
Sep 9, 2004
No longer in force
May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022
Granted
May 25, 2010
May 25, 2010
Term would have run to
Mar 31, 2026
Mar 31, 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
568
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 Mar 31, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 568 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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, 10/937,120, was filed | Sep 9, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +568 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 25, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 25, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,135,227 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 7,725,152 | this patent May 2022 | May 2022 |
| US 7,381,187 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 7,715,897 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2005 Reel 15715, frame 764 | Kuo, Chia Khyuan; 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 |
| 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
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 568 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 25, 2022. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.