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US 8,096,026 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Jan 17, 2020 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 12, 2006 as application 11/637,611 · Granted Jan 17, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 727 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 17, 2020
2006 2027
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 17, 2020
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Term would have run to
Dec 31, 2027
base term patent term adjustment 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
727
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
20
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 Dec 31, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 727 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 3, 2006, when application 11/324,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 3, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+727 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 31, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jan 17, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 17, 2020Medium confidence

This family

Application 11/324,994Abandoned
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US 8,096,026this patent
Jan 2020
Jan 2020
Application 11/715,817Abandoned
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US 7,891,615Term ended
May 2026
May 2026
US 8,297,566In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
Application 11/895,020Abandoned
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Application 11/901,254Abandoned
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Application 12/058,519Abandoned
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8 of 20 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 1, 2010
Reel 25230, frame 538
Frykman, Peter; Bevirt, JoebenJoby, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 2, 2010
Reel 25232, frame 397
Joby, Inc.Joby Photo, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 1, 2011
Reel 26843, frame 837
Joby Photo, Inc.; Joby, Inc.General Electric Capital Corporation, as AgentSecurity Agreement
Jan 12, 2014
Reel 31945, frame 681
Joby Photo, Inc.Daymen US, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2015
Reel 37109, frame 887
General Electric Capital Corporation, as Retiring AgentAntares Capital LP, as Successor AgentAssignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 26, 2017
Reel 43943, frame 439
Daymen US, Inc.Vitec Holdings Italia SRLAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2017
Reel 43713, frame 312
Antares Capital LPJoby Photo, Inc. and Joby, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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