Term ends Jan 16, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 23, 2024
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,936,370), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC
Filed Jun 30, 2006 as application 11/480,079 · Granted Jun 10, 2014
Base term plus 1478 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Sep 23, 2004
Sep 23, 2004
Term ends
Jan 16, 2027
Jan 16, 2027
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014
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
1,478
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,936,370, US 8,199,195.
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.
85
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 1478 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Sep 23, 2004, when application 10/948,501, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2006) | Sep 23, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1478 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,936,370, US 8,199,195) | capped to Jan 16, 2027 | Medium 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 | Jan 16, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US D540,359 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 7,821,533 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 8,208,019 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,508,418 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 7,719,567 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 7,954,129 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,936,370 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 7,728,871 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
8 of 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2006 Reel 18537, frame 286 | Renkis, Martin A. | Smartvue Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Ellis Communications, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Smartvue Corporation | Knoll Ventures LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2014 Reel 34532, frame 51 | Smartvue Corporation | Ellis Communications, Inc., as Collateral Agent; Knoll Ventures LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 665 | Smartvue Corporation | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 700 | Smartvue Corporation | Kip SMRT P1 LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35462, frame 749 | Kip SMRT P1 LP | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 2, 2018 Reel 45817, frame 353 | Kip SMRT P1 LP | Sensormatic Electronics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1478 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,936,370, US 8,199,195.
Citations
79
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.