Also listed on Motorola, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Lapsed Dec 6, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 1, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Filed Nov 3, 2009 as application 12/611,850 · Granted Dec 6, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 6, 2023
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jul 1, 2004
Jul 1, 2004
No longer in force
Dec 6, 2023
Dec 6, 2023
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 2011
Term would have run to
Jul 1, 2024
Jul 1, 2024
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,627,171, to Jul 1, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 1, 2024: 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. 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 Jul 1, 2004, when application 10/884,486, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 3, 2009) | Jul 1, 2024 | 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 7,627,171) | resolves to Jul 1, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 6, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 6, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,627,171 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,073,254 | this patent Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2009 Reel 23581, frame 581 | Broad Reach Security LLC | Videoiq, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2015 Reel 34637, frame 40 | Videoiq, Inc. | Avo USA Holding 2 Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2015 Reel 35360, frame 668 | Avo USA Holding 2 Corporation | HSBC Bank Canada | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2016 Reel 37425, frame 222 | Avo USA Holding 2 Corporation | Avigilon Patent Holding 2 Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 26, 2016 Reel 38824, frame 915 | Avigilon Patent Holding 2 Corporation | Avigilon Analytics Corporation | Change of Name |
| Aug 21, 2018 Reel 47029, frame 362 | HSBC Bank Canada | Avigilon Analytics Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2022 Reel 60942, frame 249 | Avigilon Analytics Corporation | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,627,171, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
17
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
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