Term ends no later than Dec 9, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 14, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Raynergy Tek Incorporation
Filed Mar 14, 2006 as application 11/375,643 · Granted Aug 10, 2010
Base term plus 635 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2006
Mar 14, 2006
Ends no later than
Dec 9, 2027
Dec 9, 2027
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Aug 10, 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
635
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.
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.
13
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 635 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 14, 2006, when this application, 11/375,643, was filed | Mar 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +635 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 9, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Dec 9, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,772,485 | this patent no later than Dec 2027 | no later than Dec 2027 |
| US 7,781,673 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2006/027397 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,058,550 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| Application 11/486,536 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/601,374 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/643,271 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/684,346 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2006 Reel 18133, frame 689 | Gaudiana, Russell; Kingsborough, Richard; Waller, David; Zhu, Zhengguo | Konarka Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2011 Reel 27297, frame 772 | Konarka Technologies, Inc. | Massachusetts Development Finance Agency | Security Agreement |
| Oct 17, 2011 Reel 27468, frame 697 | Konarka Technologies, Inc. | Massachusetts Development Finance Agency | Amendment to Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2011 Reel 27465, frame 192 | Konarka Technologies, Inc. | Total Gas & Power USA (SAS) | Security Agreement |
| Jan 29, 2013 Reel 29717, frame 48 | Konarka Technologies, Inc. | Merck KGaA | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2013 Reel 29717, frame 65 | Merck KGaA | Merck Patent GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2020 Reel 53283, frame 990 | Merck Patent GmbH | Raynergy Tek Incorporation | 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
Dec 2027
Term ends no later than Dec 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 635 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 Dec 9, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.