Also listed on Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 30, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2026
Held by Omron Corporation
Filed Mar 17, 2011 as application 13/050,800 · Granted Jun 12, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Nov 30, 2006
Term ends
Nov 30, 2026
Nov 30, 2026
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
Jun 12, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,912,633, US 8,200,423, to Nov 30, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 30, 2006, when application 11/606,775, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 17, 2011) | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,912,633, US 8,200,423) | resolves to Nov 30, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,912,633 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,200,423 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2011 Reel 26070, frame 824 | Adept Mobilerobots LLC | Adept Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2013 Reel 30121, frame 519 | Adept Technology, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 17, 2014 Reel 33186, frame 900 | Silicon Valley Bank | Adept Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2014 Reel 33379, frame 79 | Silicon Valley Bank | Adept Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 12, 2016 Reel 39309, frame 96 | Adept Technology, Inc. | Omron Adept Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 11, 2019 Reel 50335, frame 535 | Omron Adept Technologies, Inc.; Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies, Inc. | Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50498, frame 129 | Omron Adept Technologies, Inc. | Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct the Zip Code of the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 050335 Frame: 0535. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 15, 2020 Reel 54649, frame 819 | Omron Robotics and Safety Technologies, Inc. | Omron Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 30, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,912,633, US 8,200,423, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
67
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.