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US 7,865,873 In force
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Also listed on Stored Iq, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 3, 2029 · High confidence

Held by Jettee, Inc.
Filed Dec 22, 2006 as application 11/645,205 · Granted Jan 4, 2011
Base term plus 1047 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2029
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2006
Term ends
Aug 3, 2029
Granted
Jan 4, 2011
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
1,047
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.
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 1047 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 21, 2006, when application 11/524,831, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2006)Sep 21, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1047 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 3, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 3, 2029High confidence

This family

US 7,610,285Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2017
Oct 2017
US 7,865,873this patent
Aug 2029
Aug 2029
US 9,122,750Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 22, 2006
Reel 18744, frame 142
Zoellner, Keith; Belkin, Morry; Kaplan, JeremyStored IqAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 2, 2014
Reel 32590, frame 416
Stored IqInternational Business Machines CorporationNunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Jan 11, 2022
Reel 58616, frame 384
International Business Machines CorporationBreakwater Solutions LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 4, 2024
Reel 69124, frame 227
Breakwater Solutions, LLC; Repario Data, LLCJettee, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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