Also listed on Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ended Oct 23, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 1, 2026
Held by Zagg Inc.
Filed Jun 4, 2008 as application 12/156,879 · Granted Aug 31, 2010
Base term plus 205 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 23, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2006
Apr 1, 2006
Term ended
Oct 23, 2026
Oct 23, 2026
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Aug 31, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
205
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,389,869, to Oct 23, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 205 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Apr 1, 2006, when application 11/394,807, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 4, 2008) | Apr 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +205 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 23, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,389,869) | resolves to Oct 23, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,389,869 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,784,610 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,567,596 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2010 Reel 25763, frame 501 | Mason, Andrew C. | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2011 Reel 26066, frame 901 | Zagg Incorporated | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jun 23, 2011 Reel 26498, frame 649 | U.S. Bank National Association | Zagg Incorporated | Release of Security Interest and Liens |
| Jun 23, 2011 Reel 26499, frame 67 | Zagg Incorporated; Reminderband, Inc.; Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.; Zagg Retail, Inc. | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest - Patents |
| Dec 14, 2012 Reel 29474, frame 82 | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Reminderband, Inc.; Zagg, Inc.; Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.; Ifrogz Inc.; Zagg Retail, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Reminderband, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Zagg, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Ifrogz Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 14, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Zagg Retail, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 18, 2013 Reel 29659, frame 575 | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2016 Reel 37938, frame 243 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 7, 2016 Reel 38014, frame 392 | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Keybank National Association | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2020 Reel 54341, frame 261 | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Zagg Inc. | Merger |
| Nov 6, 2020 Reel 54445, frame 356 | Zagg Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc. | Zagg Inc. | Certificate of Ownership and Merger (DE Corporation) |
| Jul 23, 2021 Reel 56972, frame 857 | Zagg Inc.; Mophie Inc.; HALO2CLOUD, LLC | Blue Torch Finance, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 Reel 61085, frame 585 | Blue Torch Finance, LLC | Zagg Inc.; Mophie Inc.; HALO2CLOUD, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance, LLC | Zagg Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance, LLC | Mophie Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Blue Torch Finance, LLC | HALO2CLOUD, LLC | Release of Security 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
Note
The 205 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,389,869, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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.