Also listed on Thingmagic, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 31, 2017 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 16, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 13, 2026
Held by Novanta Corporation
Filed Nov 13, 2006 as application 11/559,227 · Granted Dec 20, 2011
Base term plus 1250 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Nov 13, 2006
Nov 13, 2006
Term ends
Apr 16, 2030
Apr 16, 2030
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Dec 20, 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
1,250
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.
3
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 1250 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 Nov 13, 2006, when this application, 11/559,227, was filed | Nov 13, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1250 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 16, 2030 | 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 16, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,022,814 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,081,063 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2007/084487 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2006 Reel 18652, frame 937 | Maguire, Yael | Thingmagic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 6, 2010 Reel 23741, frame 480 | Thingmagic, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| May 7, 2010 Reel 24402, frame 562 | Silicon Valley Bank | Thingmagic Inc. | Release |
| Jan 14, 2011 Reel 25644, frame 509 | Thingmagic, Inc. | Trimble Navigation Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2016 Reel 40754, frame 633 | Trimble Navigation Limited | Trimble Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 15, 2017 Reel 41262, frame 307 | Trimble Inc. | Novanta Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2017 Reel 41814, frame 920 | Novanta Corporation | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Interest |
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
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 16, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1250 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.