Term ends no later than Oct 26, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2027
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Nucletron Operations B.V.
Filed May 21, 2007 as application 11/805,065 · Granted Jun 29, 2010
Base term plus 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 21, 2007
May 21, 2007
Ends no later than
Oct 26, 2027
Oct 26, 2027
Granted
Jun 29, 2010
Jun 29, 2010
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
158
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 158 days past its 20-year base term on 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 are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 May 21, 2007, when this application, 11/805,065, was filed | May 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (filed), 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Oct 26, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,744,521 | this patent no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 7,678,040 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2008/006520 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2007 Reel 19366, frame 34 | Francescatti, Darius; Lovoi, Paul A. | Xoft, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2010 Reel 25114, frame 354 | Xoft, Inc. | Easton Capital Partners, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 30, 2010 Reel 25558, frame 311 | Easton Capital Partners, L.p. | Xoft, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 30, 2020 Reel 52916, frame 197 | Xoft, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2023 Reel 65191, frame 827 | Western Alliance Bank | Xoft, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65573, frame 319 | Xoft Solutions, LLC | Nucletron Operations B.V. | 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.
Free plan: 3 watched companies. Pro: unlimited.
Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends no later than Oct 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (filed) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 26, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.