Term ends Sep 14, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2027
Held by Thales Avionics, Inc.
Filed Apr 29, 2010 as application 12/770,612 · Granted Aug 30, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2007
Sep 14, 2007
Term ends
Sep 14, 2027
Sep 14, 2027
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Aug 30, 2011
base term
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.
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.
4
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. 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 Sep 14, 2007, when application 11/901,074, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 29, 2010) | Sep 14, 2027 | 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 | 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 | Sep 14, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,486,960 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,116,797 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 8,010,141 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,050,696 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2010 Reel 24509, frame 392 | Buga, Wladyslaw Jan; Trent, Tracy Raymond | Proximetry, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 7, 2012 Reel 28735, frame 980 | Brady, Kenneth A., JR.; Reed, Dan; Foreman, Bradley | Thales Avionics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2014 Reel 33921, frame 74 | Proximetry, Inc. | Thales Avionics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 14, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
6
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
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.