Term ends Jan 3, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 28, 2025
Held by Solmetric Corporation
Filed Dec 28, 2005 as application 11/321,294 · Granted Jan 18, 2011
Base term plus 1102 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2029
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2005
Dec 28, 2005
Term ends
Jan 3, 2029
Jan 3, 2029
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Jan 18, 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
1,102
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.
8
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 1102 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 Dec 28, 2005, when this application, 11/321,294, was filed | Dec 28, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1102 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 3, 2029 | 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 | Jan 3, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,873,490 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2006/048836 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,386,179 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Application 13/733,867 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,697,644 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 10,692,278 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,748,946 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 18/458,773 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 28, 2005 Reel 17431, frame 746 | Macdonald, Willard S. | Solmetric Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 17, 2013 Reel 29652, frame 936 | Macdonald, Willard S. | Solmetric Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2018 Reel 44860, frame 424 | Vivint Solar, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2019 Reel 51367, frame 844 | Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as Collateral Agent | Vivint Solar, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property at Reel/Frame No. 44860/0424 |
| Mar 10, 2022 Reel 59229, frame 453 | Solmetric Corporation | Sunrun Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2023 Reel 64258, frame 325 | Sunrun Inc. | Solmetric Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 3, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1102 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
181
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.