Term ends Jul 13, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 9, 2025
Held by Teledyne Flir, LLC
Filed Mar 23, 2006 as application 11/388,696 · Granted Jun 21, 2011
Base term plus 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2005
Feb 9, 2005
Term ends
Jul 13, 2027
Jul 13, 2027
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
Jun 21, 2011
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
1,467
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,633,662, US 7,663,662.
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 1467 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Feb 9, 2005, when application 11/053,991, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 23, 2006) | Feb 9, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1467 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 15, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,633,662, US 7,663,662) | capped to Jul 13, 2027 | 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 | Jul 13, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,663,662 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 7,965,314 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
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 14, 2006 Reel 17784, frame 656 | Miller, John L.; Frank, Jeff; Teich, Andrew C. | Flir Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2021 Reel 58832, frame 915 | Flir Systems, Inc.; Firework Merger Sub II, LLC | Teledyne Flir, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
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.
What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,633,662, US 7,663,662.
Citations
149
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.