Term ended no later than Aug 26, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 26, 2025
Held by Atomica Corp.
Filed Jul 11, 2009 as application 12/459,956 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Aug 26, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Aug 26, 2005
Aug 26, 2005
Ended no later than
Aug 26, 2025
Aug 26, 2025
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Aug 26, 2005, when application 11/211,622, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 11, 2009) | Aug 26, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Aug 26, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/211,622 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,569,926 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 12/222,845 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,960,208 | this patent no later than Aug 2025 | no later than Aug 2025 |
| US 8,288,211 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| US 8,736,081 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 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 11, 2009 Reel 22985, frame 885 | Carlson, Gregory A.; Erlach, David M.; Paranjpye, Alok; Summers, Jeffery F. | Innovative Micro Technology | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2017 Reel 44553, frame 257 | Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2017 Reel 44635, frame 492 | Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. | Agility Capital II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2018 Reel 47237, frame 141 | Agility Capital II, LLC | Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2019 Reel 48195, frame 441 | Pacific Western Bank | Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62253, frame 77 | Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. | Atomica Corp. | Change of Name |
| Jan 9, 2023 Reel 62320, frame 509 | Innovative Micro Technology, Inc. | Atomica Corp. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the City of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 062253 Frame 0077. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Feb 23, 2023 Reel 62841, frame 341 | Atomica Corp. | ST. Cloud Capital Partners IV SBIC, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Mar 12, 2025 Reel 70485, frame 737 | ST. Cloud Capital Partners IV SBIC, L.P. | Atomica Corp. | Release of Security 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
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Aug 26, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.