Lapsed Oct 26, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Aug 27, 2008 as application 12/199,433 · Granted Oct 26, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 26, 2022
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 3, 2006
May 3, 2006
No longer in force
Oct 26, 2022
Oct 26, 2022
Granted
Oct 26, 2010
Oct 26, 2010
Term would have run to
May 3, 2026
May 3, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,419,286, to May 3, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 3, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 3, 2006, when application 11/416,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2008) | May 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,419,286) | resolves to May 3, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 26, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 26, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,419,286 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,819,565 | this patent Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54873, frame 553 | Code 3, Inc.; Electronic Controls Company | Midcap Financial Trust, as Administrative Agent for Lenders | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 Reel 66582, frame 731 | Midcap Financial Trust | Electronic Controls Company; Code 3, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Electronic Controls Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Code 3, Inc. | 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.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,419,286, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
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.