Term ends Apr 10, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 23, 2025
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jun 28, 2010 as application 12/824,265 · Granted Aug 25, 2015
Base term plus 1142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2005
Feb 23, 2005
Term ends
Apr 10, 2028
Apr 10, 2028
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 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
1,142
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
3
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 1142 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Feb 23, 2005, when application 11/064,409, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 28, 2010) | Feb 23, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1142 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 10, 2028 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 10, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,774,283 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application 11/107,004 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,117,209 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
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 1, 2019 Reel 50905, frame 640 | Pitney Bowes Inc.; Newgistics, Inc.; Borderfree, Inc.; Tacit Knowledge, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2023 Reel 64444, frame 313 | Pitney Bowes, Inc.; Pitney Bowes Global Logistics LLC | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70149, frame 954 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70154, frame 532 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Pitney Bowes, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 19, 2025 Reel 70256, frame 396 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Pitney Bowes, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
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
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 10, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1142 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.