Also listed on Daymen US, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 20, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 3, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vijim Limited
Filed May 11, 2007 as application 11/803,143 · Granted Oct 30, 2012
Base term plus 321 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2006
Jan 3, 2006
Term ends
Nov 20, 2026
Nov 20, 2026
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
321
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.
20
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 321 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 3, 2006, when application 11/324,994, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 11, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +321 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/324,994 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,096,026 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| Application 11/715,817 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,891,615 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,297,566 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 11/895,020 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/901,254 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/058,519 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2010 Reel 25041, frame 401 | Bevirt, Joeben | Joby, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2010 Reel 25048, frame 775 | Joby, Inc. | Joby Photo, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 1, 2011 Reel 26843, frame 837 | Joby Photo, Inc.; Joby, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 21, 2012 Reel 28605, frame 266 | Joby Photo, Inc. | Daymen US, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2015 Reel 37109, frame 887 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Retiring Agent | Antares Capital LP, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 43943, frame 439 | Daymen US, Inc. | Vitec Holdings Italia SRL | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 27, 2017 Reel 43713, frame 312 | Antares Capital LP | Joby Photo, Inc. and Joby, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2022 Reel 62053, frame 756 | Vitec Holdings Italia SRL | Vitec Imaging Solutions S.P.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2025 Reel 72572, frame 822 | Vitec Imaging Solutions S.P.A. | Vijim Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 20, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 321 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
28
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.