Lapsed Nov 8, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 15, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Omni Continuum, LLC
Filed Feb 5, 2009 as application 12/366,323 · Granted Nov 8, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 241 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 8, 2023
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2006
Nov 15, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Nov 8, 2011
Term would have run to
Jul 14, 2027
Jul 14, 2027
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
241
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
12
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 14, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 241 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 15, 2006, when application 11/599,950, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2009) | Nov 15, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +241 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 8, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 8, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,519,253 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,055,108 | this patent Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,391,660 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| US 8,670,642 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 8,971,681 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,077,146 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2019 | Jul 2019 |
| US 9,400,215 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
| US 9,476,769 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2009 Reel 22216, frame 415 | Islam, Mohammed N. | Omni Sicences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2010 Reel 24394, frame 614 | Omni Sciences, Inc. | Cheetah Omni, L.l.c. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2014 Reel 31937, frame 449 | Cheetah Omni LLC | Omni Medsci, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2023 Reel 63126, frame 512 | Omni Medsci, Inc. | Omni Continuum, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 241 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
94
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.