Lapsed Mar 4, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2027
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Lucomm Technologies, Inc.
Filed Dec 21, 2007 as application 11/963,697 · Granted Mar 4, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1392 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 4, 2022
2007
2031
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2007
Jul 27, 2007
No longer in force
Mar 4, 2022
Mar 4, 2022
Granted
Mar 4, 2014
Mar 4, 2014
Term would have run to
May 19, 2031
May 19, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,392
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
28
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 19, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 1392 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jul 27, 2007, when application 11/829,695, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2007) | Jul 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1392 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 19, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 4, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 4, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,898,419 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,665,067 | this patent Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2008/071202 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/087913 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,635,867 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application 13/922,010 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,514,340 | In force no later than Sep 2027 | no later than Sep 2027 |
| US 10,262,166 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
8 of 28 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 21, 2007 Reel 20285, frame 518 | Cristache, Lucian | Lucomm Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1392 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 4, 2022. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.