Term ends Jul 24, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 5, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sitnet, LLC
Filed Feb 8, 2007 as application 11/704,056 · Granted Mar 29, 2011
Base term plus 1023 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2006
Oct 5, 2006
Term ends
Jul 24, 2029
Jul 24, 2029
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Mar 29, 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
1,023
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.
8
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 1023 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 5, 2006, when application 11/544,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 8, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 5, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1023 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 24, 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 | Jul 24, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/544,994 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,916,976 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application 11/796,926 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,754,836 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,327,936 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 11,308,052 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 12,032,623 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application 18/677,525 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2013 Reel 29552, frame 393 | Kedikian, Roland H. | Resource Consortium Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2019 Reel 50091, frame 297 | Resource Consortium Limited | Resource Consortium Limited, LLC | Re-Domestication and Entity Conversion |
| Nov 2, 2022 Reel 61630, frame 693 | Resource Consortium Limited, LLC | Sitnet, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 24, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1023 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.