Term ends Jul 29, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2027
Held by Harris Corporation
Filed Mar 30, 2007 as application 11/693,817 · Granted Aug 17, 2010
Base term plus 700 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
Mar 30, 2007
Term ends
Jul 29, 2027
Jul 29, 2027
Granted
Aug 17, 2010
Aug 17, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
700
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,463,214.
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.
3
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 700 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Mar 30, 2007, when this application, 11/693,817, was filed | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +700 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,463,214) | capped to Jul 29, 2027 | 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 | Jul 29, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,777,690 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,463,214 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 7,642,978 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
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 11, 2010 Reel 24065, frame 252 | Winsor, Robert Scott | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2012 Reel 27604, frame 136 | ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC (Formerly Known as ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.) | Exelis Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2016 Reel 39362, frame 534 | Exelis Inc. | Harris Corporation | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 29, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 700 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,463,214.
Citations
215
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.