Also listed on Traffic.com, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 19, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 15, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Here Global B.V.
Filed Oct 29, 2007 as application 11/926,597 · Granted Jul 31, 2012
Base term plus 1284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2006
Mar 15, 2006
Term ends
Sep 19, 2029
Sep 19, 2029
Granted
Jul 31, 2012
Jul 31, 2012
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
1,284
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 1284 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 15, 2006, when application 11/376,731, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 29, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 15, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1284 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 19, 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 | Sep 19, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,203,595 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 7,302,341 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 8,234,056 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
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 22, 2012 Reel 28429, frame 653 | Auxer, Gregory A.; Carroll, James F.; Smyth, Brian J. | Traffic.com, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2012 Reel 29108, frame 328 | Traffic.com, Inc. | Navteq B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2014 Reel 33830, frame 681 | Navteq B.V. | Here Global B.V. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 19, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.