Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2016 (Wavetronix LLC).
Term ends Apr 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 21, 2027
Held by Wavetronix LLC
Filed Mar 21, 2007 as application 11/689,441 · Granted Aug 2, 2011
Base term plus 751 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Mar 21, 2007
Mar 21, 2007
Term ends
Apr 10, 2029
Apr 10, 2029
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Aug 2, 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
751
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 751 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 21, 2007, when this application, 11/689,441, was filed | Mar 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +751 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 10, 2029 | 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 | Apr 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,991,542 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/064711 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2007 Reel 19141, frame 971 | Giles, Bradley C.; Miller, Michael J. | Wavetronix LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2011 Reel 27024, frame 24 | Wavetronix LLC | Dbsi Liquidating Trust, (Successor in Interest to Stellar Technologies, LLC.) | Security Agreement |
| May 17, 2013 Reel 30437, frame 366 | Giles, Bradley C.; Miller, Michael J. | Wavetronix LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2015 Reel 36932, frame 950 | Wavetronix LLC | Dbsi Liquidating Trust | Security Interest |
| Jan 13, 2016 Reel 37510, frame 453 | Dbsi Liquidating Trust | Wavetronix LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2016 Reel 41012, frame 129 | Dbsi Liquidating Trust | Wavetronix LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2019 Reel 47935, frame 934 | Wavetronix LLC; Hobble Creek Square LLC; Wavetronix Disc Inc.; Wavetronix Technologies LLC; Wavetronix Rail LLC; The Island Radar Company, LLC; Wavetronix Traffic LLC; Wavetronix LLC (N.V. LLC) | Zions Bancorporation, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jan 15, 2019 Reel 48072, frame 613 | Wavetronix LLC; Hobble Creek Square LLC; Wavetronix Disc Inc.; Wavetronix Technologies LLC; Wavetronix Rail LLC; The Island Radar Company, LLC; Wavetronix Traffic LLC; Wavetronix LLC (N.V. LLC) | Zions Bancorporation, N.A. Dba Zions First National Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 47935 Frame: 934. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 10, 2026 Reel 75585, frame 394 | Wavetronix LLC | Wavetronix LLC | Merger |
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Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 751 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
79
later US patents cite this one
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