Lapsed Mar 30, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Sep 1, 2006 as application 11/514,140 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 762 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Mar 30, 2022
2004
2026
Clock starts
May 3, 2004
May 3, 2004
No longer in force
Mar 30, 2022
Mar 30, 2022
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 2010
Term would have run to
Feb 2, 2023
Feb 2, 2023
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
762
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,453,895.
2 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Feb 2, 2023: its 20-year base term plus 762 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 3, 2004, when application 10/836,267, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 1, 2006) | May 3, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +762 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,453,895) | capped to Feb 2, 2023 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 30, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 30, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,867,035 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 7,688,841 | this patent Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,686,653 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,690,949 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
| US 7,873,062 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
| US 8,092,258 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 |
| US 8,235,755 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 |
| US 8,360,810 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 |
8 of 10 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 17, 2006 Reel 18397, frame 819 | Binder, Yehuda | Serconet Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2009 Reel 22449, frame 101 | Serconet Ltd. | Mosiad Technologies Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2009 Reel 23594, frame 721 | Serconet Ltd. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel 022449 Frame 0101. the Assignor Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 10, 2012 Reel 27512, frame 196 | 658276 N.B. Ltd.; 658868 N.B. Inc.; MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Royal Bank of Canada | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) - Short Form |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32439, frame 638 | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32621, frame 650 | Serconet Ltd. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Patent Number 7,480,709 and Serial Number 10/998,565 Previously Recorded on Reel 022449 Frame 0101. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignor's Interest (SEE Document for Details).. |
| Aug 7, 2014 Reel 33484, frame 344 | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2014 Reel 33678, frame 96 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Address |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33706, frame 367 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender; Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46900, frame 136 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Oct 12, 2018 Reel 47645, frame 424 | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of U.S. Patent Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Nov 6, 2020 Reel 54344, frame 143 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 9, 2021 Reel 57448, frame 207 | Conversant Intellectual Property Inc. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Change of Name |
| Aug 30, 2023 Reel 64783, frame 33 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057448 Frame: 0207. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
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Note
The 762 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,453,895.
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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