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Term ends Feb 25, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Aug 14, 2007 as application 11/838,839 · Granted Jun 21, 2011
Base term plus 926 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2030
Clock starts
Aug 14, 2007
Term ends
Feb 25, 2030
Granted
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
926
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.

This patent's term runs 926 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 14, 2007, when this application, 11/838,839, was filedAug 14, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+926 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 25, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 25, 2030High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 14, 2007
Reel 19693, frame 924
Adams, Jeffrey BrianNeural Id LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2017
Reel 42442, frame 914
Neural Id, LLCNid (an ABC) LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2017
Reel 42442, frame 924
Nid (an ABC) LLCRokio, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 27, 2021
Reel 56062, frame 498
Rokio, Inc.Datashapes, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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