Lapsed Mar 15, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 2, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Dec 5, 2006 as application 11/566,702 · Granted Mar 15, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Mar 15, 2023
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2005
Feb 2, 2005
No longer in force
Mar 15, 2023
Mar 15, 2023
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Mar 15, 2011
Term would have run to
Nov 27, 2026
Nov 27, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,134
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,510,640.
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.
3
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 Nov 27, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 1134 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Feb 2, 2005, when application 11/049,213, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2006) | Feb 2, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1134 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,510,640) | capped to Nov 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 15, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,510,640 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,906,007 | this patent Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,674,358 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
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 13, 2007 Reel 18884, frame 50 | Gibson, Thomas L.; Kelly, Nelson A. | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2009 Reel 22201, frame 448 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | United States Department of the Treasury | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2009 Reel 22553, frame 540 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Bank Priority Secured Parties; Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Hedge Priority Secured Parties | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Bank Priority Secured Parties | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Hedge Priority Secured Parties | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2009 Reel 23124, frame 563 | United States Department of the Treasury | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2009 Reel 23155, frame 663 | Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Bank Priority Secured Parties; Citicorp USA, Inc. as Agent for Hedge Priority Secured Parties | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2009 Reel 23156, frame 264 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | United States Department of the Treasury | Security Agreement |
| Aug 28, 2009 Reel 23162, frame 140 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits Trust | Security Agreement |
| Nov 4, 2010 Reel 25245, frame 656 | United States Department of the Treasury | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2010 Reel 25314, frame 946 | Uaw Retiree Medical Benefits Trust | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2010 Reel 25327, frame 41 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | Wilmington Trust Company | Security Agreement |
| Feb 10, 2011 Reel 25781, frame 1 | GM Global Technology Operations, Inc. | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 7, 2014 Reel 34184, frame 1 | Wilmington Trust Company | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 1134 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,510,640.
Citations
394
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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