Lapsed May 31, 2023 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 24, 2024
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
Filed Sep 24, 2004 as application 10/950,033 · Granted May 31, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1405 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 31, 2023
2004
2028
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2004
Sep 24, 2004
No longer in force
May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023
Granted
May 31, 2011
May 31, 2011
Term would have run to
Jul 30, 2028
Jul 30, 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
1,405
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
85
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 30, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 1405 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Sep 24, 2004, when this application, 10/950,033, was filed | Sep 24, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1405 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed May 31, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 31, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D540,359 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,821,533 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 8,208,019 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,508,418 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,719,567 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 7,954,129 | this patent May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,936,370 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 7,728,871 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
8 of 85 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 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Graham, Tommy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Heidtke, L.o. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Anurag Nigam Revocable Trust 2000 | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Pigskin Partners, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | WBR Family Limited Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Murphy, David | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Big Basin Partners LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Peckham, Jack L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | JBS & Associates of Suffolk, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2005 Reel 16242, frame 804 | Smartvue Corporation | Graham, Tommy; Heidtke, L.o.; Anurag Nigam Revocable Trust 2000; Pigskin Partners, LLC; WBR Family Limited Partnership; Murphy, David; Big Basin Partners LP; Peckham, Jack L.; JBS & Associates of Suffolk, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2006 Reel 18537, frame 286 | Renkis, Martin A. | Smartvue Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Graham, Tommy | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Heidtke, L.o. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Anurag Nigam Recovable Trust 2000 | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Pigskin Partners, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | WBR Family Limited Partnership | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Murphy, David | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Big Basin Partners LP | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Peckham, Jack L. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | JBS & Associates of Suffolk, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2014 Reel 31910, frame 607 | Smartvue Corporation | Graham, Tommy; Heidtke, L.o.; Anurag Nigam Recovable Trust 2000; Pigskin Partners, LLC; WBR Family Limited Partnership; Murphy, David; Big Basin Partners LP; Peckham, Jack L.; JBS & Associates of Suffolk, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Nature of Conveyance Previously Recorded on Reel 016242 Frame 0804. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nature of the Conveyance from Assignment of Assignors Interest to Security Interest. |
| Jan 31, 2014 Reel 32103, frame 741 | Graham, Tommy; Heidtke, L.o.; Anurag Nigam Recovable Trust 2000; Pigskin Partners, LLC; WBR Family Limited Partnership; Murphy, David; Big Basin Partners LP (No Signature, Never a Party to Security Interest); Peckham, Jack L.; JBS & Associates of Suffolk, Inc. | Smartvue Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Ellis Communications, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Knoll Ventures LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2014 Reel 34532, frame 51 | Smartvue Corporation | Ellis Communications, Inc., as Collateral Agent; Knoll Ventures LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 665 | Smartvue Corporation | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 700 | Smartvue Corporation | Kip SMRT P1 LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 749 | Kip SMRT P1 LP | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2018 Reel 45817, frame 353 | Kip SMRT P1 LP | Sensormatic Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1405 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 31, 2023. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
110
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.