Term ends Mar 13, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2030
Held by Cablecam, LLC
Filed Dec 21, 2010 as application 12/974,733 · Granted Sep 6, 2022
Base term plus 82 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2010
Dec 21, 2010
Term ends
Mar 13, 2031
Mar 13, 2031
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Sep 6, 2022
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
82
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 82 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Dec 21, 2010, when this application, 12/974,733, was filed | Dec 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +82 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 13, 2031 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 13, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,435,649 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 12,153,326 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application 18/950,780 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 6, 2011 Reel 26236, frame 873 | Wharton, Stephen | Cablecam, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2013 Reel 29891, frame 403 | Cablecam, Inc. | Cablecam, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 6, 2015 Reel 34646, frame 189 | Cablecam, LLC | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Security Interest |
| Jul 29, 2016 Reel 39295, frame 444 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Cablecam, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 13, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 82 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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