Term ends Oct 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 7, 2026
Held by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
Filed Mar 7, 2006 as application 11/370,530 · Granted Jul 30, 2013
Base term plus 2051 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2031
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2006
Mar 7, 2006
Term ends
Oct 18, 2031
Oct 18, 2031
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013
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
2,051
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.
4
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 2051 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 7, 2006, when this application, 11/370,530, was filed | Mar 7, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2051 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 18, 2031 | 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 | Oct 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,497,762 | this patent Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2007/005843 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,138,891 | In force no later than Dec 2026 | no later than Dec 2026 |
| US 8,736,423 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2022 | May 2022 |
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 6, 2006 Reel 17733, frame 82 | Campero, Richard John; Rasband, Paul Brent; Raynesford, Steven James; Trivelpiece, Steve Edward; Von Kaenel, Tim A. | Vue Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2009 Reel 23220, frame 130 | Vue Technology, Inc. | Sensormatic Electronics Corporation | Agreement and Plan of Merger |
| Dec 10, 2009 Reel 23627, frame 817 | Sensormatic Electronics Corporation | Sensormatic Electronics, LLC. | Merger |
| Feb 28, 2013 Reel 29896, frame 965 | Sensormatic Electronics, LLC | ADT Services GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2013 Reel 30289, frame 441 | ADT Services GmbH | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | Merger |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47182, frame 674 | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | Sensormatic Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2018 Reel 47188, frame 715 | Tyco Fire & Security GmbH | Sensormatic Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2031
Term ends Oct 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2051 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
229
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.
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