Term ended May 4, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 4, 2025
Held by Cyclops Technologies LLC
Filed Nov 5, 2010 as application 12/940,376 · Granted Aug 30, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 4, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
May 4, 2005
May 4, 2005
Term ended
May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Aug 30, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,860,998, to May 4, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 May 4, 2005, when application 11/122,868, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2010) | May 4, 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,860,998) | resolves to May 4, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High 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 | May 4, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,694,008 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2006/017278 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,945,692 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,860,997 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 7,860,998 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 8,010,693 | this patent May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 8,108,457 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 8,296,353 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2013 Reel 30001, frame 894 | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Venturi IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 14, 2013 Reel 30004, frame 1 | Venturi IP LLC | Fortress Credit Corp. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 17, 2016 Reel 40653, frame 708 | Venturi IP LLC | Gran V4, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2016 Reel 40653, frame 717 | ML Tech, LLC | Venturi IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2016 Reel 41001, frame 974 | Gran V4, LLC | ML Tech, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 29, 2018 Reel 47344, frame 866 | Venturi IP LLC | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2019 Reel 49385, frame 378 | Ramadas, Krishna | Venturi Wireless | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2019 Reel 49385, frame 381 | Ramadas, Krishna | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2024 Reel 69150, frame 750 | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. and Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2024 Reel 69150, frame 774 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. and Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2024 Reel 69583, frame 118 | Drawbridge Dso Securities LLC | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2024 Reel 69648, frame 94 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP | Transfer of Security Interest |
| Dec 13, 2024 Reel 69648, frame 507 | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP | Drawbridge Dso Securities LLC | Transfer of Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2024 Reel 69627, frame 490 | Drawbridge Dso Securities LLC | Venturi IP LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2024 Reel 69736, frame 820 | Venturi Wireless | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Affidavit for Confirmation of Entity Name |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69644, frame 629 | Drawbridge Dso Securities LLC | Venturi IP LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69644, frame 929 | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | County of Santa Clara | Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69644, frame 933 | County of Santa Clara | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2024 Reel 69746, frame 648 | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 49385 Frame: 378. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 20, 2025 Reel 69956, frame 719 | Venturi Wireless, Inc. | IP3 2024, Series 924 of Allied Security Trust I | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2025 Reel 72575, frame 871 | IP3 2024, Series 924 of Allied Security Trust I | Cyclops Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,860,998, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
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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