Term ends Jun 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 28, 2027
Held by Landis+gyr Technology, Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2010 as application 12/702,640 · Granted Mar 6, 2012
Base term plus 291 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2007
Aug 28, 2007
Term ends
Jun 14, 2028
Jun 14, 2028
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Mar 6, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
291
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
74
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 291 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Aug 28, 2007, when application 11/895,909, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2010) | Aug 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +291 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 14, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,715,951 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| Application 12/001,819 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/010200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/010199 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/215,725 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/216,712 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/278,669 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/279,072 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 74 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 11, 2010 Reel 23926, frame 363 | Forbes, Joseph W., JR.; Webb, Joel L. | Consert, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2012 Reel 29351, frame 736 | Consert Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jan 4, 2013 Reel 29572, frame 46 | Forbes, Joseph W., JR. | Joseph W. Forbes, Jr. | Notification of Rights |
| Jan 15, 2013 Reel 29634, frame 656 | Forbes, Joseph W., JR. | BCIP Ventures LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2013 Reel 29781, frame 915 | Comerica Bank | Consert, Ic. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 6, 2013 Reel 30563, frame 480 | Forbes, Joseph W., JR. | Consert, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2013 Reel 30786, frame 902 | Forbes, Joseph W., JR., MR.; BCIP Ventures LLC | Consert Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2017 Reel 41592, frame 267 | Consert, Inc. | Landis+gyr Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 291 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
127
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.