Term ends Aug 18, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 6, 2024
Held by Acuant, Inc.
Filed Oct 6, 2004 as application 10/959,261 · Granted Mar 22, 2011
Base term plus 1777 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2029
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2004
Oct 6, 2004
Term ends
Aug 18, 2029
Aug 18, 2029
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,777
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.
6
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 1777 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 Oct 6, 2004, when this application, 10/959,261, was filed | Oct 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1777 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 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 | Aug 18, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,911,655 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 7,821,679 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,823,773 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,948,665 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,462,395 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 8,610,966 | Term ended no later than Jun 2025 | no later than Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2011 Reel 26676, frame 546 | Hatzav, Iuval, MR.; Hatzav, Daniel, MR.; Ben-Shahar, Ilan, MR.; Sharaby, Giyora, MR. | CSSN Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2013 Reel 30544, frame 48 | CSSN, Inc. | Card Scanning Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2013 Reel 30555, frame 828 | Card Scanning Solutions, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Memorandum and Notice of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Apr 19, 2018 Reel 45984, frame 463 | Card Scanning Solutions, Inc. | Acuant, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 21, 2018 Reel 46935, frame 624 | Acuant, Inc. | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent for the Benefit of the Secured Parties | Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58234, frame 870 | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Acuant, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 18, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1777 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
68
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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