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Also listed on LBT IP LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 20, 2021 (Lit-US Chisum 21-A, LLC).

Term ends Mar 29, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Feb 1, 2005 as application 11/048,395 · Granted Jun 1, 2010
Base term plus 786 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2027
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2005
Term ends
Mar 29, 2027
Granted
Jun 1, 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
786
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.
185
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 786 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 1, 2005, when this application, 11/048,395, was filedFeb 1, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+786 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 29, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 29, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,218,242Term ended
Aug 2017
Aug 2017
US 7,728,724this patent
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 8,098,132Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2020
Jan 2020
US 7,598,855Term ended
May 2026
May 2026
Application 11/784,400Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 11/784,318Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 11/753,979Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,111,189Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2023
Aug 2023
8 of 185 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 16, 2005
Reel 16907, frame 446
Scalisi, Joseph F.; Mejia, Desiree C.Pocketfinder, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 17, 2007
Reel 19837, frame 242
Pocketfinder, Inc.Location Based Technologies, Corp.Change of Name
Nov 7, 2007
Reel 20072, frame 779
Location Based Technologies, Corp.Location Based Technologies, Inc.Merger
Jan 14, 2011
Reel 25644, frame 701
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Nov 3, 2017
Reel 44447, frame 886
Silicon Valley BankLocation Based Technologies, Inc.Release
Feb 20, 2019
Reel 48380, frame 627
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, LarrySecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
Reel 48380, frame 910
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, LarrySecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Haugen, GreggSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Leu, JeffSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Smith, ChuckSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Meyers, DavidSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Evans, CodySecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Haugen, RolfSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Chenitz, RichardSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Bridge Loans, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Marcotte, AdamSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Ecpc Capital II, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Monico, ScottSecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Monico, LarrySecurity Interest
Feb 20, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Location Based Technologies, Inc.Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLCSecurity Interest
Apr 30, 2019
Reel 49032, frame 874
Location Based Technologies, Inc.LBT IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 30, 2019
Reel 49036, frame 377
Haugen, Gregg; Haugen, Gregg, Ira; Chenitz, Richard; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Bridge Loans LLC; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLCLocation Based Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 27, 2021
Reel 57313, frame 154
LBT IP LLCLBT IP II LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 20, 2021
Reel 57535, frame 745
LBT IP II LLCLit-US Chisum 21-A, LLCSecurity Interest

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