Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 2, 2014 (Orix Ventures, LLC).
Lapsed Mar 22, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 22, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Inrix, Inc.
Filed Jun 22, 2006 as application 11/473,861 · Granted Mar 22, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 749 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 22, 2019
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2006
Jun 22, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 22, 2019
Mar 22, 2019
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011
Term would have run to
Jul 10, 2028
Jul 10, 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
749
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Jul 10, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 749 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 22, 2006, when this application, 11/473,861, was filed | Jun 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +749 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 2028 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 22, 2019 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 22, 2019 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,813,870 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
| Application 11/431,980 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/432,603 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,831,380 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,014,936 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 |
| US 7,912,627 | this patent Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| US 7,706,965 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,899,611 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
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 25, 2006 Reel 17994, frame 76 | Downs, Oliver B.; Chapman, Craig H. | Inrix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2011 Reel 26657, frame 144 | Inrix, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 2, 2014 Reel 33875, frame 978 | Inrix, Inc. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49921, frame 108 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC (F/K/A Orix Ventures, LLC) | Inrix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49925, frame 55 | Silicon Valley Bank | Inrix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Note
The 749 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
171
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.
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