Term ends Aug 25, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 11, 2025
Filed May 23, 2007 as application 11/802,434 · Granted Nov 22, 2011
Base term plus 1141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Jul 11, 2005
Jul 11, 2005
Term ends
Aug 25, 2028
Aug 25, 2028
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Nov 22, 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
1,141
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.
5
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 1141 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 Jul 11, 2005, when application 11/177,442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 23, 2007) | Jul 11, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 25, 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 | Aug 25, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,342,183 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 7,442,879 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,063,315 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 7,823,274 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 9,756,724 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2007 Reel 19364, frame 844 | Das, Rabindra N.; Papathomas, Kostas I.; Markovich, Voya R. | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2008 Reel 21912, frame 908 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 14, 2012 Reel 28230, frame 611 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Release by Secured Party |
| May 14, 2012 Reel 28230, frame 798 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Mar 6, 2013 Reel 29938, frame 823 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Integrian Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Security Agreement |
| May 6, 2013 Reel 30359, frame 57 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.; Ei Transportation Company LLC; Endicott Medtech, Inc.; Integrian Holdings, LLC | M&T Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 Reel 30599, frame 918 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, William; Maines, David | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, William | Security Agreement |
| Jun 12, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Maines, David | Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2015 Reel 35098, frame 968 | Maines, William; Maines, David | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2015 Reel 35442, frame 569 | Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc. | I3 Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 14, 2016 Reel 40608, frame 626 | I3 Electronics, Inc. | M&T Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 49758, frame 265 | I3 Electronics, Inc. | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2023 Reel 63804, frame 702 | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| May 30, 2023 Reel 63804, frame 745 | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75843, frame 247 | TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC; Telephonics Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 2, 2026 Reel 75679, frame 852 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telephonics Corporation; TTM Technologies, Inc.; TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telephonics Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
| Jun 2, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | TTM Technologies North America, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (063804/0702) |
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 25, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
141
later US patents cite this one
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