Lapsed Nov 2, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 11, 2025
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (filed) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Sep 28, 2007 as application 11/905,188 · Granted Nov 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 96 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 2, 2022
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2005
Jul 11, 2005
No longer in force
Nov 2, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Nov 2, 2010
Term would have run to
Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025
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
96
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.
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.
5
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 Oct 15, 2025: its 20-year base term plus 96 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jul 11, 2005, when application 11/177,442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2007) | Jul 11, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +96 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 15, 2025 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 2, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,342,183 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 7,442,879 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,063,315 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 7,823,274 | this patent Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 9,756,724 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2008 Reel 21912, frame 908 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 14, 2012 Reel 28230, frame 611 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Release by Secured Party |
| May 14, 2012 Reel 28230, frame 798 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Mar 6, 2013 Reel 29938, frame 823 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Integrian Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Security Agreement |
| May 6, 2013 Reel 30359, frame 57 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc.; Integrian Holdings, LLC | M&T Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 Reel 30599, frame 918 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, William; Maines, David | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, William | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, David | Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2015 Reel 35098, frame 968 | Maines, William; Maines, David | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35442, frame 569 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | I3 Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2016 Reel 40608, frame 626 | I3 Electronics, Inc. | M&T Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 49758, frame 265 | I3 Electronics, Inc. | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 96 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 Nov 2, 2022. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.