Also listed on Radioshack Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 5, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 29, 2024
Held by Global Franchising Corporation
Filed Sep 29, 2004 as application 10/953,304 · Granted Aug 24, 2010
Base term plus 797 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2004
Sep 29, 2004
Term ends
Dec 5, 2026
Dec 5, 2026
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
Aug 24, 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
797
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.
This patent's term runs 797 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 Sep 29, 2004, when this application, 10/953,304, was filed | Sep 29, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +797 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 5, 2026 | 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 | Dec 5, 2026 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2004 Reel 15865, frame 447 | Reynolds, Billy B.; Lewis, Oscar R.; Mathews, David K. | Radioshack Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2012 Reel 29038, frame 481 | Radioshack Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Sep 27, 2012 Reel 29040, frame 818 | Radioshack Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 10, 2013 Reel 31793, frame 554 | Radioshack Corporation | Salus Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 11, 2013 Reel 31795, frame 287 | Radioshack Corporation | General Electric Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2013 Reel 31796, frame 969 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Radioshack Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2013 Reel 31796, frame 978 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Radioshack Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2014 Reel 34181, frame 1 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, As Successor Agent | Agency Transfer Agreement (Credit Agreement) |
| Jul 8, 2015 Reel 36079, frame 425 | Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack Limited | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC; General Wireless Operations Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2015 Reel 36079, frame 487 | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC | Kensington Technology Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack Limited | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack Limited | General Wireless Operations Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2015 Reel 36142, frame 142 | Radioshack Corporation; Tandy Radioshack Limited | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC | Correct an Error in a Cover Sheet Previously Recorded |
| Nov 12, 2020 Reel 54353, frame 209 | Radioshack Online Ipco, LLC | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 28, 2021 Reel 55064, frame 946 | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC | Radioshack Online Ipco, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2023 Reel 63749, frame 457 | General Wireless IP Holdings LLC | Global Franchising Corporation | 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.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 5, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 797 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.