Also listed on Serconet Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 24, 2024
Filed Apr 12, 2004 as application 10/492,411 · Granted Jun 29, 2010
Base term plus 1813 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2029
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2004
Feb 24, 2004
Term ends
Feb 10, 2029
Feb 10, 2029
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 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
1,813
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 1813 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 24, 2004, when application PCT/IL2004/000178, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2004) | Feb 24, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1813 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 10, 2029 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,746,905 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,238,328 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 |
| US 7,656,904 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 7,738,453 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Application 11/712,508 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2005 Reel 15839, frame 389 | Binder, Yehuda | Serconet Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2009 Reel 22449, frame 101 | Serconet Ltd. | Mosiad Technologies Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2009 Reel 23594, frame 721 | Serconet Ltd. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel 022449 Frame 0101. the Assignor Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 10, 2012 Reel 27512, frame 196 | 658276 N.B. Ltd.; 658868 N.B. Inc.; MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Royal Bank of Canada | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) - Short Form |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32439, frame 638 | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32621, frame 650 | Serconet Ltd. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Patent Number 7,480,709 and Serial Number 10/998,565 Previously Recorded on Reel 022449 Frame 0101. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignor's Interest (SEE Document for Details).. |
| Aug 7, 2014 Reel 33484, frame 344 | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2014 Reel 33678, frame 96 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Address |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33706, frame 367 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender; Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46900, frame 136 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Oct 12, 2018 Reel 47645, frame 424 | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of U.S. Patent Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Nov 6, 2020 Reel 54344, frame 143 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 9, 2021 Reel 57448, frame 207 | Conversant Intellectual Property Inc. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Change of Name |
| May 11, 2022 Reel 59887, frame 526 | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1813 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
108
later US patents cite this one
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