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Distributed RFID Antenna Array Utilizing Circular Polarized Helical Antennas

US 7,614,556 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended Aug 25, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed May 4, 2006 as application 11/417,768 · Granted Nov 10, 2009
Base term plus 311 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 25, 2026
2005 2026
Clock starts
Oct 18, 2005
Term ended
Aug 25, 2026
Granted
Nov 10, 2009
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
311
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.
3
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 311 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 18, 2005, when application PCT/US2005/037138, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 4, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 18, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+311 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 25, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 25, 2026Medium confidence

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Aug 2026
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US 8,070,065In force
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 30, 2006
Reel 17858, frame 802
Goliath Solutions, LLCA.W. Printing International, Inc.Security Agreement
Aug 6, 2007
Reel 19649, frame 803
Goliath Solutions LLCCordjia Management Services, LLCSecurity Agreement
Aug 7, 2007
Reel 19658, frame 619
Checkpoint Systems, Inc.; Vogen Funding, L.p.Cordjia Management Services LLCSubordination Agreement
Dec 1, 2008
Reel 21901, frame 698
Goliath Solutions, LLCTrinity Capital Investment, LLCSecurity Agreement
Dec 18, 2008
Reel 22000, frame 641
Overhultz, Gary L.; Hardman, Gordon E.; Pyne, John W.; Strazdes, Edward J.Goliath Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 8, 2013
Reel 31012, frame 201
Vogen Funding, L.p.; Goliath Solutions, LLCOsa Acquisition, LLCSecured Party Bill of Sale and Transfer Statement
Sep 19, 2013
Reel 31245, frame 406
Checkpoint Systems, Inc.; Aw Printing Inc.Goliath Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 19, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Cordjia Management Services, LLCGoliath Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 19, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Cordjia Management Services, LLCOsa Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 19, 2013
Reel 31245, frame 371
Cordjia Management Services, LLCGoliath Solutions, LLC; Osa Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 9, 2016
Reel 40700, frame 757
Osa Acquisition, LLCShelfbucks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2019
Reel 48876, frame 698
Shelfbucks, Inc.Dammeyer, TomSecurity Interest
May 21, 2019
Reel 49239, frame 839
Shelfbucks, Inc.Dammeyer, TomPatent Security Agreement
Jan 31, 2020
Reel 51765, frame 674
Shelfbucks, Inc.Cac, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Trinity Capital Investment, LLCShelfbucks, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Trinity Capital Investment, LLCCac, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Trinity Capital Investment, LLCBLE Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 31, 2020
Reel 51689, frame 494
Trinity Capital Investment, LLCShelfbucks, Inc.; Cac, LLC; BLE Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 4, 2020
Reel 51799, frame 818
Shelfbucks, Inc.Cac, LLCForeclosure Assigment
Feb 20, 2020
Reel 51986, frame 127
Cac, LLCBLE Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 24, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Osa Acquisition, LLCShelfbucks, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 24, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Osa Acquisition, LLCCac, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 24, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Osa Acquisition, LLCBLE Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 24, 2020
Reel 52005, frame 294
Dammeyer, Tom; Cac, LLCBLE Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Feb 24, 2020
Reel 52005, frame 318
BLE Solutions, LLCABL IP Holding, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 24, 2020
Reel 51909, frame 923
Osa Acquisition, LLCShelfbucks, Inc.; Cac, LLC; BLE Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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