Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2008 (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed Mar 27, 2016 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 29, 2026
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Belkin International, Inc.
Filed Nov 29, 2006 as application 11/564,787 · Granted Mar 27, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 636 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 27, 2016
2006
2028
Clock starts
Nov 29, 2006
Nov 29, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 27, 2016
Mar 27, 2016
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Mar 27, 2012
Term would have run to
Aug 26, 2028
Aug 26, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
636
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
14
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 26, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 636 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 Nov 29, 2006, when this application, 11/564,787, was filed | Nov 29, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +636 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 27, 2016 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 27, 2016 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,240,111 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 7,607,618 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2017 | Oct 2017 |
| US 8,144,120 | this patent Mar 2016 | Mar 2016 |
| US 7,318,750 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,510,420 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2017 | Mar 2017 |
| US 7,518,265 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,909,624 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2015 | Mar 2015 |
| US 7,568,029 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2006 Reel 18720, frame 80 | Belkin Corporation | Belkin International, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 7, 2007 Reel 19397, frame 985 | Vassigh, Ali; Neu, Thorben | Belkin International, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2008 Reel 21336, frame 559 | Belkin International, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | Belkin International, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Corporation) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | Belkin, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Logistics, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2011 Reel 27008, frame 824 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender | Belkin International, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Corporation); Belkin, Inc. (Formerly Known as Belkin Logistics, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 12, 2012 Reel 27844, frame 525 | Belkin International, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 16, 2012 Reel 28222, frame 473 | Belkin International, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, as Agent | Supplement No. 1 to Patent Security Agreement |
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Note
The 636 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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