Term ends May 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 17, 2027
Held by MVRX, Inc.
Filed Jan 31, 2008 as application 11/997,493 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term plus 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 17, 2007
Apr 17, 2007
Term ends
May 15, 2028
May 15, 2028
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 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
394
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.
2
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 394 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 17, 2007, when application PCT/KR2007/001856, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 31, 2008) | Apr 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +394 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High 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 | May 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,843,142 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2008 Reel 20493, frame 503 | Kim, Taek Soo; Kim, Hyun Sik | LG Innotek Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2009 Reel 23699, frame 672 | Ample Medical, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Patent Transfer Statement (Under Uniform Commercial Code Section 9-619) |
| Dec 18, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Ample Medical, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. | Patent Transfer Statement (Under Uniform Commercial Code Section 9-619) |
| Dec 18, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Ample Medical, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Patent Transfer Statement (Under Uniform Commercial Code Section 9-619) |
| Jan 29, 2010 Reel 23882, frame 30 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | MVRX, Inc. | Bill of Sale |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.