Lapsed Aug 6, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 3, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Mar 2, 2009 as application 12/380,618 · Granted Aug 6, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 59 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 6, 2025
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Oct 3, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 6, 2025
Aug 6, 2025
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 2013
Term would have run to
Dec 1, 2026
Dec 1, 2026
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
59
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.
2
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 Dec 1, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 59 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 Oct 3, 2006, when application 11/541,776, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 2, 2009) | Oct 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +59 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 6, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 6, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,687,722 | In force (reinstated) Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,499,440 | this patent Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2012 Reel 28230, frame 798 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Mar 6, 2013 Reel 29938, frame 823 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Integrian Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Security Agreement |
| May 6, 2013 Reel 30359, frame 57 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc.; Integrian Holdings, LLC | M&T Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 Reel 30599, frame 918 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, William; Maines, David | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, William | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, David | Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2015 Reel 35098, frame 968 | Maines, William; Maines, David | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35442, frame 569 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | I3 Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2016 Reel 40608, frame 626 | I3 Electronics, Inc. | M&T Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 49758, frame 265 | I3 Electronics, Inc. | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2023 Reel 63804, frame 702 | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| May 30, 2023 Reel 63804, frame 745 | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75679, frame 852 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telephonics Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
Sources
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Note
The 59 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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