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US 7,884,779 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 8, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Nov 16, 2007 as application 11/941,754 · Granted Feb 8, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 575 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 8, 2023
2007 2028
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2007
No longer in force
Feb 8, 2023
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Term would have run to
Oct 29, 2028
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
575
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
9
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 29, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 575 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 3, 2007, when application 11/695,913, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 16, 2007)Apr 3, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+575 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 29, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 8, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 8, 2023High confidence

This family

US 7,466,281In force
Apr 2027
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US 7,466,269In force
Apr 2027
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US 7,656,358Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2022
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US 7,847,749Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2022
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US 7,554,505In force
Apr 2027
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US 7,656,359Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
US 7,884,779this patent
Feb 2023
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US 7,961,153Lapsed on the fee record
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8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 20, 2007
Reel 20138, frame 139
Haziza, Dedi DavidWavebender, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 27, 2009
Reel 22759, frame 321
Wavebender, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Interest
May 27, 2009
reel/frame not recorded
Wavebender, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.Security Interest
May 27, 2009
reel/frame not recorded
Wavebender, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 21, 2011
Reel 25966, frame 872
Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Leding & Leasing V, Inc.Wavebender, Inc.Release
Aug 17, 2012
Reel 28807, frame 762
Wavebender, Inc.Haziza, Dedi DavidAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 7, 2013
Reel 30360, frame 123
Wavebender, Inc.Orr Partners I, LPAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 27, 2016
Reel 38398, frame 44
Orr Partners I.LPHaziza, Dedi David/DAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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