Lapsed Jan 17, 2020 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 21, 2017
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by LBT IP LLC
Filed May 27, 2006 as application 11/441,563 · Granted Jan 17, 2012
Base term plus 1269 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Jan 17, 2020
1997
2026
Clock starts
May 21, 1997
May 21, 1997
Term ended
Jan 17, 2020
Jan 17, 2020
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
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
1,269
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,218,242.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
185
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 Aug 15, 2017: its 20-year base term plus 1269 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 21, 1997, when application 08/859,904, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 21, 2017 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1269 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 2020 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,218,242) | capped to Aug 15, 2017 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 17, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 17, 2020 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,218,242 | Term ended Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| US 7,728,724 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,098,132 | this patent Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 7,598,855 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 11/784,400 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/784,318 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/753,979 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,111,189 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
8 of 185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 2007 Reel 18777, frame 926 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Gazdzinski & Associates | Security Interest |
| Jun 20, 2007 Reel 19448, frame 788 | Gazdzinski & Associates, P.C. | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Security Interest Release |
| Jun 20, 2007 Reel 19458, frame 154 | Gazdzinski & Associates | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Security Agreement (Release of Security Interest) |
| Sep 17, 2007 Reel 19837, frame 248 | Pocketfinder, Inc. | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Change of Name |
| Dec 11, 2007 Reel 20225, frame 642 | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jan 14, 2011 Reel 25644, frame 701 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 3, 2017 Reel 44447, frame 886 | Silicon Valley Bank | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 627 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 910 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Leu, Jeff | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Smith, Chuck | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Meyers, David | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Evans, Cody | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Rolf | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Chenitz, Richard | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Bridge Loans, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Marcotte, Adam | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Ecpc Capital II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Scott | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49032, frame 874 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | LBT IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49036, frame 377 | Haugen, Gregg; Haugen, Gregg, Ira; Chenitz, Richard; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Bridge Loans LLC; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Note
The 1269 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,218,242.
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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.