Term ends Apr 4, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2027
Held by Lyten, Inc.
Filed Jul 19, 2010 as application 12/838,683 · Granted Apr 24, 2012
Base term plus 95 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2007
Dec 31, 2007
Term ends
Apr 4, 2028
Apr 4, 2028
Granted
Apr 24, 2012
Apr 24, 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
95
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.
3
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 95 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 Dec 31, 2007, when application 12/006,155, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 19, 2010) | Dec 31, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +95 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 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 | Apr 4, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,781,061 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/013796 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,163,634 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
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 20, 2012 Reel 27729, frame 748 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43877, frame 1 | Nokia Technologies Oy; Nokia Solutions and Networks B.V.; Alcatel Lucent SAS | Provenance Asset Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43879, frame 1 | Provenance Asset Group Holdings, LLC; Provenance Asset Group LLC | Nokia USA Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43967, frame 1 | Provenance Asset Group Holdings, LLC; Provenance Asset Group, LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2019 Reel 47892, frame 947 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Provenance Asset Group, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2019 Reel 47893, frame 263 | Nokia USA Inc. | Provenance Asset Group, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2019 Reel 48318, frame 961 | Provenance Asset Group LLC | Lyten, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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.
What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 4, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 95 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.