Term ended Jun 30, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2023
Held by Symbol Technologies, LLC
Filed Feb 5, 2007 as application 11/671,362 · Granted Aug 3, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 30, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2003
Jun 30, 2003
Term ended
Jun 30, 2023
Jun 30, 2023
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Aug 3, 2010
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,176,655, to Jun 30, 2023. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jun 30, 2003, when application 10/610,225, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 5, 2007) | Jun 30, 2023 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,176,655) | resolves to Jun 30, 2023, no earlier than this term, so no change | High 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 | Jun 30, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,019,420 | Term ended Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 7,176,655 | Term ended Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 8,169,188 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,768,232 | this patent Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2011 Reel 26384, frame 658 | Kogan, Eduard; Yakhnich, Vladimir | Symbol Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34114, frame 270 | Zih Corp.; Laser Band, LLC; Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.; Symbol Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as the Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 8, 2015 Reel 36083, frame 640 | Symbol Technologies, Inc. | Symbol Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 17, 2015 Reel 36371, frame 738 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Symbol Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,176,655, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
15
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
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