Term ended Sep 13, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 13, 2025
Held by Magna Electronics, LLC
Filed Sep 13, 2005 as application 11/225,419 · Granted Feb 12, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 13, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 13, 2005
Sep 13, 2005
Term ended
Sep 13, 2025
Sep 13, 2025
Granted
Feb 12, 2008
Feb 12, 2008
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
25
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 13, 2005, when this application, 11/225,419, was filed | Sep 13, 2025 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 13, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 10/415,208 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,140,464 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Application 10/753,191 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,329,869 | this patent Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2006/035219 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,995,095 | Term ended Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| US 8,532,862 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 8,228,379 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
8 of 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2007 Reel 19472, frame 839 | Cassell, Anders; Leonelli, Frank Paul, JR.; Tremblay, Marcel; Kostrzewa, Joseph | Autoliv Development AB; Flir Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Tremblay, Marcel; Kostrzewa, Joseph; Cassell, Anders; Leonelli, Frank Paul, JR. | Autoliv Development AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2007 reel/frame not recorded | Tremblay, Marcel; Kostrzewa, Joseph; Cassell, Anders; Leonelli, Frank Paul, JR. | Flir Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2008 Reel 21127, frame 243 | Indigo Systems, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 9, 2011 Reel 25775, frame 823 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Indigo Systems, Inc. | Termination of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame 21127/243 |
| Oct 22, 2012 Reel 29168, frame 630 | Indigo Systems, Inc. | Flir Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 19, 2018 Reel 46131, frame 782 | Autoliv Development AB | Veoneer Sweden AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2024 Reel 66816, frame 846 | Veoneer Sweden AB | Magna Electronics Sweden AB | Change of Name |
| May 10, 2024 Reel 67380, frame 695 | Veoneer US, LLC | Magna Electronics, LLC | Change of Name |
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later US patents cite this one
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