Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 1, 2021 (OT WSOU Terrier Holdings, LLC).
Term ended Oct 1, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 6, 2022
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by WSOU Investments, LLC
Filed Sep 16, 2002 as application 10/244,913 · Granted Aug 28, 2007
Base term plus 848 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 1, 2024
2002
2026
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2002
Jun 6, 2002
Term ended
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
Granted
Aug 28, 2007
Aug 28, 2007
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
848
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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 848 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 6, 2002, when application 10/163,939, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 16, 2002); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 6, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +848 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 1, 2024 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 1, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,747,165 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 7,263,290 | this patent Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,246,626 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,165,466 | Term ended Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2002 Reel 13303, frame 644 | Fortin, Guy Claude; Messenschmidt, Markus; Emery, Jeffrey Kenneth; Lim, Hock Gin; Stemmer, Ralph | Innovance, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 Reel 13722, frame 254 | Innovance, Inc. | Azure Venture Partners I, L.P.; Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, L.P.; TWP Ceo Founders' Circle (AI), L.P.; TWP Ceo Founders' Circle (QP), L.P.; Thomas Weisel Capital Partners (Dutch), L.P.; Thomas Weisel Capital Partners (Dutch II), L.P.; Thomas Weisel Capital Partners Employee Fund, L.P.; Thomas Weisel Capital Partners Partner Fund LLC; Morgenthaler Partners Vi, L.p.; Azure Venture Partners I, L.P.; Azure Ventures I, L.p.; Azure Partners I, L.p.; Azure I, L.p.; Kalkhoven, Pettit, Levin & Johnson Ventures LLC; Advanced Techhology Ventures VI, L.P. By; Atv Associates VI, L.L.C. Its General Partner; Atv Entrepreneurs Vi, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Azure Venture Partners I, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Thomas Weisel Capital Partners, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | TWP Ceo Founders' Circle (AI), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | TWP Ceo Founders' Circle (QP), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Thomas Weisel Capital Partners (Dutch), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Thomas Weisel Capital Partners (Dutch II), L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Thomas Weisel Capital Partners Employee Fund, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Thomas Weisel Capital Partners Partner Fund LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Morgenthaler Partners Vi, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Azure Ventures I, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Azure Partners I, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Azure I, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Kalkhoven, Pettit, Levin & Johnson Ventures LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Advanced Techhology Ventures VI, L.P. By; Atv Associates VI, L.L.C. Its General Partner | Security Interest |
| Jun 10, 2003 reel/frame not recorded | Innovance, Inc. | Atv Entrepreneurs Vi, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jun 24, 2003 Reel 14227, frame 53 | Innovance, Inc. | Gatx/MM Venture Finance Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Aug 18, 2004 Reel 15070, frame 893 | Innovance Inc. | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2010 Reel 24016, frame 688 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 16, 2016 Reel 37993, frame 491 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2018 Reel 45085, frame 1 | Alcatel Lucent | WSOU Investments, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 1, 2021 Reel 56990, frame 81 | WSOU Investments, LLC | OT WSOU Terrier Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
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Citations
123
later US patents cite this one
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