Also listed on Sonim Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 12, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 10, 2024
Held by Pace Car Acquisition LLC
Filed Dec 10, 2004 as application 11/009,899 · Granted Aug 26, 2008
Base term plus 763 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Dec 10, 2004
Dec 10, 2004
Term ends
Jan 12, 2027
Jan 12, 2027
Granted
Aug 26, 2008
Aug 26, 2008
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
763
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.
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 763 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 10, 2004, when this application, 11/009,899, was filed | Dec 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +763 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 12, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 12, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,417,943 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/027067 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2004 Reel 16082, frame 527 | Mutch, Karl N. | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2007 Reel 19224, frame 586 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jul 10, 2007 Reel 19529, frame 923 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Investec Bank (UK) Ltd., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 24, 2007 Reel 19597, frame 62 | Silicon Valley Bank | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Oct 9, 2013 Reel 31394, frame 358 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2013 Reel 31392, frame 649 | Investec Bank PLC | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2014 Reel 33460, frame 717 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | East West Bank, Loan Services | Security Interest |
| Nov 16, 2015 Reel 37151, frame 774 | Silicon Valley Bank | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Oct 30, 2017 Reel 43986, frame 250 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | B. Riley Principal Investments, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 11, 2025 Reel 71681, frame 635 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Streeterville Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2026 Reel 73628, frame 230 | Streeterville Capital, LLC | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 2, 2026 Reel 73654, frame 223 | East West Bank | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2026 Reel 74212, frame 185 | Sonim Technologies, Inc. | Pace Car Acquisition LLC | 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
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 763 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2008 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
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