Term ends Jan 22, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2026
Held by Memjet Technology Limited
Filed Dec 4, 2006 as application 11/607,976 · Granted Jul 26, 2011
Base term plus 1006 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2006
Dec 4, 2006
Term ends
Jan 22, 2028
Jan 22, 2028
Granted
Jul 26, 2011
Jul 26, 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
1,006
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,618,124.
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.
3
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 1006 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Dec 4, 2006, when this application, 11/607,976, was filed | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1006 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 5, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,618,124) | capped to Jan 22, 2028 | 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 | Jan 22, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,984,973 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,735,970 | In force no later than Feb 2028 | no later than Feb 2028 |
| US 7,971,971 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2006 Reel 18664, frame 617 | McAvoy, Gregory John; Bagnat, Misty; Lawlor, Vincent Patrick; Kerr, Emma Rose; Silverbrook, Kia | Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 11, 2012 Reel 28530, frame 698 | Silverbrook Research Pty. Limited and Clamate Pty Limited | Zamtec Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2014 Reel 33244, frame 276 | Zamtec Limited | Memjet Technology Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 22, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1006 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,618,124.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.