Lapsed Feb 14, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Thales Avionics, Inc.
Filed Dec 24, 2008 as application 12/343,662 · Granted Feb 14, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 14, 2024
2007
2028
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2007
Sep 14, 2007
No longer in force
Feb 14, 2024
Feb 14, 2024
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Feb 14, 2012
Term would have run to
Apr 23, 2028
Apr 23, 2028
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
222
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.
4
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 Apr 23, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 222 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 Sep 14, 2007, when application 11/901,074, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 24, 2008) | Sep 14, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +222 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 23, 2028 | 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 Feb 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 14, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,486,960 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,116,797 | this patent Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 8,010,141 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,050,696 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2010 Reel 24508, frame 962 | Buga, Wladyslaw Jan; Trent, Tracy Raymond | Proximetry, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2010 Reel 24563, frame 946 | Proximetry, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jan 11, 2012 Reel 27517, frame 610 | Brady, Kenneth A., JR.; Reed, Dan; Foreman, Bradley | Thales Avionics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2012 Reel 28440, frame 263 | Silicon Valley Bank | Proximetry Inc. | Release |
| Oct 9, 2014 Reel 33920, frame 791 | Proximetry, Inc. | Thales Avionics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
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
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