Term ended Nov 4, 2022 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 4, 2022
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Mar 6, 2023.
Held by Neonode Smartphone LLC
Filed Apr 29, 2004 as application 10/494,055 · Granted Feb 1, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 4, 2022
2002
2026
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2002
Nov 4, 2002
Term ended
Nov 4, 2022
Nov 4, 2022
Granted
Feb 1, 2011
Feb 1, 2011
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
104
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. 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 Nov 4, 2002, when application PCT/SE2002/002000, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 29, 2004) | Nov 4, 2022 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Mar 6, 2023, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 4, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,095,879 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 7,880,732 | this patent Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 8,339,379 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 9,164,654 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 8,471,830 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2010/023429 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,213,443 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 |
| Application 12/760,568 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 104 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2004 Reel 16058, frame 76 | Goertz, Magnus George | Neonode Sweden B | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2006 Reel 18137, frame 609 | Neonode Sweden AB | Neonode AB | Change of Name |
| Dec 11, 2008 Reel 21963, frame 746 | Neonode AB | Neonode Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2019 Reel 49099, frame 177 | Neonode Inc. | Aequitas Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 13, 2020 Reel 53196, frame 989 | Aequitas Technologies LLC | Neonode Smartphone LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
105
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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