Term ends Jul 2, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2029
Held by Trimble Inc.
Filed Sep 14, 2009 as application 12/559,322 · Granted Jan 27, 2015
Base term plus 1387 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2033
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2009
Sep 14, 2009
Term ends
Jul 2, 2033
Jul 2, 2033
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Jan 27, 2015
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
1,387
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.
31
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 1387 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 Sep 14, 2009, when this application, 12/559,322, was filed | Sep 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1387 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 2, 2033 | 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 | Jul 2, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,541,974 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/047721 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,942,483 | this patent Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 12/911,046 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,978,128 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,416,130 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,897,541 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/053547 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2009 Reel 23588, frame 448 | Janky, James M.; McCusker, Michael V.; Longaker, Harold L.; France, Peter G. | Trimble Navigation Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2024 Reel 67229, frame 666 | Trimble Navigation Limited; Trimble Inc. | Trimble Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2033
Term ends Jul 2, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1387 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
39
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.