Lapsed Aug 14, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 5, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Oct 5, 2006 as application 11/543,230 · Granted Aug 14, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 529 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 14, 2024
2006
2028
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2006
Oct 5, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 14, 2024
Aug 14, 2024
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Aug 14, 2012
Term would have run to
Mar 17, 2028
Mar 17, 2028
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
529
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.
29
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 Mar 17, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 529 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 Oct 5, 2006, when this application, 11/543,230, was filed | Oct 5, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +529 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 17, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 14, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,909,879 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 |
| US 7,013,145 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2018 | Mar 2018 |
| US 7,489,690 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,355,413 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 7,907,578 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| Application PCT/US2006/023872 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,984,130 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 8,244,209 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2006 Reel 18383, frame 327 | Harvey, Richard Lee; Pawlik, John Frank | Cellco Partnership (D/B/A Verizon Wireless) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2008 Reel 21431, frame 269 | Harvey, Richard Lee; Pawlik, John Frank | Cellco Partnership D/B/A Verizon Wireless | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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Note
The 529 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
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.
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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