Lapsed Nov 30, 2014 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 5, 2025
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Assa Abloy AB
Filed Dec 5, 2005 as application 11/294,635 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 679 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 30, 2014
2005
2027
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2005
Dec 5, 2005
No longer in force
Nov 30, 2014
Nov 30, 2014
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 2010
Term would have run to
Oct 15, 2027
Oct 15, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
679
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
78
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 Oct 15, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 679 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Dec 5, 2005, when this application, 11/294,635, was filed | Dec 5, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +679 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 15, 2027 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 30, 2014 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 30, 2014 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,124,942 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,232,862 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2016 | Jul 2016 |
| US 7,180,403 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 7,439,862 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 7,844,238 | this patent Nov 2014 | Nov 2014 |
| US 8,063,746 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 7,782,209 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,706,778 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
8 of 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2006 Reel 17197, frame 362 | Sherrets, David L. | Assa Abloy Indentification Technology Group AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2007 Reel 20196, frame 110 | Assa Abloy Identification Technology Group AB | Assa Abloy AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 679 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below 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
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