Term ends Dec 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2027
Held by Lucomm Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jul 27, 2007 as application 11/829,695 · Granted Mar 1, 2011
Base term plus 885 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2007
Jul 27, 2007
Term ends
Dec 28, 2029
Dec 28, 2029
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Mar 1, 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
885
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.
28
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 885 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 Jul 27, 2007, when this application, 11/829,695, was filed | Jul 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +885 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 28, 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 | Dec 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,898,419 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,665,067 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2008/071202 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/087913 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,635,867 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application 13/922,010 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,514,340 | In force no later than Sep 2027 | no later than Sep 2027 |
| US 10,262,166 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
8 of 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2007 Reel 19618, frame 782 | Cristache, Lucian | Lucomm Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 28, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 885 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.