Term ended no later than Jun 30, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 6, 2024
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jan 19, 2026.
Held by Acuant, Inc.
Filed Feb 3, 2011 as application 13/020,058 · Granted Dec 17, 2013
Base term plus 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Jun 30, 2025
2004
2026
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2004
Oct 6, 2004
Ended no later than
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Dec 17, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
267
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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 267 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Oct 6, 2004, when application 10/959,261, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 3, 2011) | Oct 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +267 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jan 19, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jun 30, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,911,655 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 7,821,679 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,823,773 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,948,665 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,462,395 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 8,610,966 | this patent no later than Jun 2025 | no later than Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2011 Reel 25737, frame 53 | Hatzav, Iuval, MR.; Ben-shahar, Ilan; Sharaby, Giyora; Hatzav, Daniel | CSSN Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2013 Reel 30544, frame 48 | CSSN, Inc. | Card Scanning Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2013 Reel 30555, frame 828 | Card Scanning Solutions, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Memorandum and Notice of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Apr 19, 2018 Reel 45984, frame 463 | Card Scanning Solutions, Inc. | Acuant, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 21, 2018 Reel 46935, frame 624 | Acuant, Inc. | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent for the Benefit of the Secured Parties | Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58234, frame 870 | Crestline Direct Finance, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Acuant, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 30, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
36
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.