Term ends Jan 20, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 3, 2023
Held by Thales DIS France SAS
Filed Apr 3, 2003 as application 10/406,519 · Granted Sep 18, 2012
Base term plus 1753 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2028
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2003
Apr 3, 2003
Term ends
Jan 20, 2028
Jan 20, 2028
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Sep 18, 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
1,753
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.
6
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 1753 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 Apr 3, 2003, when this application, 10/406,519, was filed | Apr 3, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1753 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 20, 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 | Jan 20, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,269,793 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,946,490 | Term ended Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 7,931,199 | Term ended Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| US 9,934,503 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
4 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2003 Reel 14318, frame 611 | Elgar, Adam; Elgar, Tom | Serverside Graphics Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2005 Reel 16783, frame 334 | Serverside Graphics Limited | Serverside Group Limited | Change of Name |
| Sep 10, 2015 Reel 36536, frame 878 | Serverside Group Limited | Gemalto S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2023 Reel 64855, frame 1 | Gemalto S.A. | Thales DIS France S.A. | Change of Name |
| Sep 14, 2023 Reel 64898, frame 413 | Thales DIS France S.A. | Thales DIS France SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 20, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1753 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
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