Term ends Jul 2, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 21, 2032
Held by Geotab Inc.
Filed Mar 21, 2012 as application 13/426,022 · Granted Jul 18, 2017
Base term plus 833 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Mar 21, 2012
Mar 21, 2012
Term ends
Jul 2, 2034
Jul 2, 2034
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Jul 18, 2017
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
833
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.
2
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 833 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 Mar 21, 2012, when this application, 13/426,022, was filed | Mar 21, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +833 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 2, 2034 | 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 | Jul 2, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,710,837 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,535,087 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2012 Reel 27903, frame 556 | Aannestad, Bjorn | Pointserve, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2016 Reel 40242, frame 255 | Mobi Corp. | BSM Technologies Ltd. F/K/A BSM Wireless Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2016 Reel 40744, frame 314 | BSM Technologies Ltd. F/K/A BSM Wireless Inc. | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 26, 2017 Reel 42155, frame 754 | Mobi Corp. | BSM Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 28, 2019 Reel 50206, frame 200 | Pointserve, Inc. | Mobi Corp. | Change of Name |
| Jan 13, 2020 Reel 51497, frame 485 | BSM Technologies Ltd. | Geotab Inc. | Merger |
| May 19, 2020 Reel 52697, frame 574 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Geotab Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2020 Reel 52718, frame 50 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Geotab Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Cover Sheet, Which Listed Patent Number 6377219 in Error. the Correct Patent Number Is 6377210 Previously Recorded on Reel 052697 Frame 0574. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Listing of Patent 6377210 on Page 6, Row 8 of the Original Release of Security Interest.. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 2, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 833 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 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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