Lapsed Apr 19, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 4, 2028
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by American Radionic Company, Inc.
Filed Oct 29, 2012 as application 13/662,753 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 19, 2024
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2008
Jan 4, 2008
No longer in force
Apr 19, 2024
Apr 19, 2024
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016
Term would have run to
Jan 4, 2028
Jan 4, 2028
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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 Jan 4, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no 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 Jan 4, 2008, when application 11/969,832, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2012) | Jan 4, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 19, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 19, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,765,712 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,037,616 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,296,965 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,316,474 | this patent Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 10,054,417 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 11,215,438 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
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 30, 2012 Reel 29238, frame 598 | Stockman, Robert | American Radionic Company, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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