Term ends Sep 28, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 16, 2025
Held by ICN Acquisition, LLC
Filed Mar 16, 2005 as application 11/084,232 · Granted Dec 18, 2012
Base term plus 926 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2005
Mar 16, 2005
Term ends
Sep 28, 2027
Sep 28, 2027
Granted
Dec 18, 2012
Dec 18, 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
926
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.
235
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 926 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 Mar 16, 2005, when this application, 11/084,232, was filed | Mar 16, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +926 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 28, 2027 | 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 | Sep 28, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,335,842 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,635,350 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 7,711,796 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,142,392 | In force no later than Jan 2028 | no later than Jan 2028 |
| US 7,911,341 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application 12/189,780 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,473,619 | Term ended no later than Mar 2025 | no later than Mar 2025 |
| US 7,896,458 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
8 of 235 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2005 Reel 16688, frame 78 | Raji, Reza; Gutt, Gerald | Icontrol Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2017 Reel 41614, frame 225 | Icontrol Networks, Inc. | ICN Acquisition, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2017 Reel 42160, frame 303 | ICN Acquisition, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2017 Reel 44167, frame 235 | Alarm.com, Incorporated; Energyhub, Inc.; ICN Acquisition, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2021 Reel 55069, frame 1 | Silicon Valley Bank | Energyhub, Inc.; ICN Acquisition, LLC; Alarm.com Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Energyhub, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | ICN Acquisition, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Alarm.com Incorporated | Release of Security 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
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 28, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 926 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
736
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.