Term ends Dec 6, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 13, 2026
Held by VALUE8 Co., Ltd.
Filed Feb 8, 2010 as application 12/701,817 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term plus 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2006
Jun 13, 2006
Term ends
Dec 6, 2026
Dec 6, 2026
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
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
176
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,689,253, to Dec 6, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
11
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 176 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Jun 13, 2006, when application 11/452,117, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 8, 2010) | Jun 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +176 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 6, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,689,253) | resolves to Dec 6, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 6, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,689,253 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,930,158 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 11,038,998 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 11,563,840 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 12,341,920 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Application 19/027,080 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 90/019,919 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,549,659 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2012 Reel 29155, frame 179 | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Infinite Potential Technologies LP | Security Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2013 Reel 30311, frame 483 | Infinite Potential Technologies LP, | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2016 Reel 39931, frame 252 | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. | Ridetones, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2019 Reel 49270, frame 6 | Ridetones Inc. | Appy Risk Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53605, frame 708 | Appy Risk Technologies Limited | VALUE8 Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 6, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,689,253, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
116
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.