Lapsed Jun 5, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 5, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 5, 2004 as application 10/914,056 · Granted Jun 5, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 677 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 5, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2004
Aug 5, 2004
No longer in force
Jun 5, 2024
Jun 5, 2024
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Jun 5, 2012
Term would have run to
Jun 13, 2026
Jun 13, 2026
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
677
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.
9
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 Jun 13, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 677 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 Aug 5, 2004, when this application, 10/914,056, was filed | Aug 5, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +677 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 13, 2026 | 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 Jun 5, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 5, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,194,655 | this patent Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 7,529,217 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2005/010375 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2005/010095 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,881,239 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 7,420,980 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 7,961,664 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,059,629 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2004 Reel 15706, frame 319 | Pister, Kristofer S.j. | Dust Networks | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 20, 2016 Reel 37537, frame 568 | Dust Networks, Inc. | Linear Technology Corporation | Merger |
| Sep 4, 2021 Reel 57426, frame 439 | Linear Technology Corporation | Linear Technology LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 4, 2021 Reel 57422, frame 532 | Linear Technology LLC | Analog Devices International Unlimited Company | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Note
The 677 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
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
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