Also listed on Adaptive Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 10, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 15, 2029
Held by Gentex Corporation
Filed Jun 15, 2009 as application 12/484,488 · Granted Oct 9, 2012
Base term plus 513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2009
Jun 15, 2009
Term ends
Nov 10, 2030
Nov 10, 2030
Granted
Oct 9, 2012
Oct 9, 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
513
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.
9
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 513 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 Jun 15, 2009, when this application, 12/484,488, was filed | Jun 15, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +513 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 2030 | 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 | Nov 10, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,206,425 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2004/001912 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,457,428 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/073867 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/086381 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,703,572 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,285,408 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 7,854,294 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2009 Reel 22969, frame 197 | Schiller, Ean H.; Saunders, William R. | Adaptive Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2014 Reel 33003, frame 586 | Adaptive Technologies | Navy, Department Of The | Confirmatory License |
| Aug 6, 2014 Reel 33487, frame 1 | Adaptive Technologies, Inc. | Aegisound, LLC | Sale and Assignment Agreement |
| Sep 2, 2020 Reel 53676, frame 980 | Aegisound, LLC | Gentex Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 10, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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.