Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 10, 2018 (Toronto-Dominion Bank).
Term ended Jan 8, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 24, 2023
Held by Specialized Desanders Inc.
Filed Sep 24, 2003 as application 10/668,266 · Granted Jan 10, 2006
Base term plus 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jan 8, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2003
Sep 24, 2003
Term ended
Jan 8, 2024
Jan 8, 2024
Granted
Jan 10, 2006
Jan 10, 2006
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
106
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.
9
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 106 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Sep 24, 2003, when this application, 10/668,266, was filed | Sep 24, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +106 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 8, 2024 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 8, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,983,852 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 7,383,958 | Term ended no later than Nov 2023 | no later than Nov 2023 |
| US 8,945,256 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,182,066 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2019 | Nov 2019 |
| US 9,327,214 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| Application 62/087,604 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,938,812 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,695,661 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2005 Reel 16278, frame 710 | Hemstock, Christopher A.; Berkan, Bruce G.; Price, Kevin D. | Specialized Tech Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2013 Reel 31207, frame 886 | Specialized Tech Inc. | Triangle Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Nov 11, 2013 Reel 31611, frame 849 | Specialized Tech Inc. | PNC Bank Canada Branch | Security Agreement |
| Jan 29, 2014 Reel 32136, frame 423 | Specialized Tech Inc. | Specialized Desanders Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 7, 2018 Reel 45137, frame 739 | PNC Bank Canada Branch | Specialized Desanders Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2018 Reel 45492, frame 711 | Specialized Desanders Inc. | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53139, frame 623 | Specialized Desanders Inc. | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2006 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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