Lapsed Jan 29, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Filed May 3, 2010 as application 12/772,563 · Granted Jan 29, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 29, 2025
2007
2028
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2007
Mar 27, 2007
No longer in force
Jan 29, 2025
Jan 29, 2025
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
Term would have run to
Jan 14, 2028
Jan 14, 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
293
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.
50
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 Jan 14, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 293 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 Mar 27, 2007, when application 11/692,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2010) | Mar 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +293 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 14, 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 Jan 29, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 29, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,203,445 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,669,716 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 8,033,686 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,362,713 | this patent Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,491,159 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,519,566 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 8,829,799 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 8,415,901 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 50 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 6, 2010 Reel 24635, frame 844 | Recker, Michael V.; Levine, David B. | Wireless Environment, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 42227, frame 832 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Citizens Bank, N. A. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 10, 2017 Reel 44166, frame 789 | Citizens Bank National Association, Secured Party | Wireless Environment, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame 042227/0832 |
| Dec 10, 2018 Reel 48695, frame 493 | Ring LLC | A9 Com, Inc. | Bill of Sale |
| Dec 10, 2018 Reel 48737, frame 379 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Ring LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 7, 2024 Reel 69114, frame 709 | A9.com, Inc. | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 293 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
234
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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