Term ended no later than Dec 3, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 3, 2024
Held by Kyocera Corporation
Filed Apr 1, 2005 as application 11/098,038 · Granted Oct 6, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than Dec 3, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Dec 3, 2004
Dec 3, 2004
Ended no later than
Dec 3, 2024
Dec 3, 2024
Granted
Oct 6, 2009
Oct 6, 2009
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
150
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Dec 3, 2004, when application 11/004,637, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 1, 2005) | Dec 3, 2024 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Dec 3, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,707,039 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/011085 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2005/011084 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/097,961 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/097,093 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,599,844 | this patent no later than Dec 2024 | no later than Dec 2024 |
| US 8,019,648 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 7,596,269 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
8 of 150 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 18, 2005 Reel 17112, frame 233 | King, Martin T.; Grover, Dale L.; Kushler, Clifford A.; Stafford-fraser, James Q. | Exbiblio B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2011 Reel 25779, frame 251 | Exbiblio B.V. | Google Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2017 Reel 44101, frame 610 | Google Inc. | Google LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 3, 2021 Reel 57651, frame 445 | Google LLC | Kyocera Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 3, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
290
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2009 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.