Lapsed Aug 18, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by LBT IP LLC
Filed Oct 31, 2007 as application 11/933,024 · Granted Aug 18, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1989 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 18, 2023
2007
2033
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2007
Oct 31, 2007
No longer in force
Aug 18, 2023
Aug 18, 2023
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Aug 18, 2015
Term would have run to
Apr 11, 2033
Apr 11, 2033
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
1,989
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
185
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 Apr 11, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 1989 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 31, 2007, when this application, 11/933,024, was filed | Oct 31, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1989 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 11, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 18, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 18, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,218,242 | Term ended Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| US 7,728,724 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,098,132 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 |
| US 7,598,855 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 11/784,400 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/784,318 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/753,979 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,111,189 | this patent Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
8 of 185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2007 Reel 20160, frame 128 | Scalisi, Joseph F; Morse, David M; Butler, David | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 4, 2007 Reel 20192, frame 623 | Location Based Technologies, Corp. | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 5, 2010 Reel 24483, frame 837 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Law Office of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Oct 1, 2010 Reel 25077, frame 360 | Law Office of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 14, 2011 Reel 25644, frame 701 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 3, 2017 Reel 44447, frame 886 | Silicon Valley Bank | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 627 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 Reel 48380, frame 910 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg; Leu, Jeff; Smith, Chuck; Meyers, David; Evans, Cody; Haugen, Rolf; Chenitz, Richard; Bridge Loans, LLC; Marcotte, Adam; Ecpc Capital II, LLC; Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC; Monico, Scott; Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Gregg | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Leu, Jeff | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Smith, Chuck | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Meyers, David | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Evans, Cody | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Haugen, Rolf | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Chenitz, Richard | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Bridge Loans, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Marcotte, Adam | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Ecpc Capital II, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Scott | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Monico, Larry | Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | Atlantic Capital Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2019 Reel 49032, frame 874 | Location Based Technologies, Inc. | LBT IP LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
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