Lapsed Aug 26, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 15, 2027
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,072,994), so the cap could be lower.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Lear Corporation
Filed Oct 4, 2010 as application 12/514,047 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 946 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Aug 26, 2022
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 15, 2007
May 15, 2007
No longer in force
Aug 26, 2022
Aug 26, 2022
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014
Term would have run to
May 15, 2027
May 15, 2027
base term
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
946
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 8,072,994.
1 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.
34
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 May 15, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 946 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 15, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/011632, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 4, 2010) | May 15, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +946 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,072,994) | capped to May 15, 2027 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 26, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 26, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/011632 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/011624 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,189,552 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,817,599 | this patent Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| US 8,750,274 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 8,824,438 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 8,885,625 | In force no later than Apr 2028 | no later than Apr 2028 |
| US 8,817,762 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
8 of 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2010 Reel 24798, frame 144 | Easton Capital Partners, LP; Easton New Media, LLC; Morgenthaler Partners Viii, L.p.; Silicon Valley Bank | Autonet Mobile, Inc. | Recapitalization Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2015 Reel 36434, frame 205 | Autonet Mobile, Inc. | Lear Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2015 Reel 36497, frame 734 | Lear Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2016 Reel 37670, frame 263 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent | Lear Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
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Note
The 946 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 8,072,994.
Citations
14
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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