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Geospatial Model Forecasting of Events and Threats

US 7,346,597 Term ended
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Term ended Jul 19, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Apr 4, 2005 as application 11/098,510 · Granted Mar 18, 2008
Base term plus 471 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jul 19, 2026
2005 2026
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2005
Term ended
Jul 19, 2026
Granted
Mar 18, 2008
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
471
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 471 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 4, 2005, when this application, 11/098,510, was filedApr 4, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+471 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 19, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 19, 2026High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 4, 2005
Reel 16448, frame 583
Dumas, Mark E.Spatial Data Analytics CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2007
Reel 19077, frame 571
Spatial Data Analytics CorporationSpadac Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2007
Reel 20017, frame 170
Dalton, Jason R.Spadac Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2011
Reel 25677, frame 510
Spadac Inc.Geoeye Analytics Inc.Merger
Feb 1, 2013
Reel 29734, frame 427
Digitalglobe, Inc.; Geoeye Analytics Inc.; Geoeye, LLC; Geoeye Solutions Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Patent Security Agreement
Jun 18, 2014
Reel 33129, frame 914
Geoeye Analytics Inc.Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 22, 2016
Reel 41176, frame 66
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentDigitalglobe Inc.; Geoeye Analytics Inc.; Geoeye, LLC; Geoeye Solutions Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427)
Dec 22, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentDigitalglobe Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427)
Dec 22, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentGeoeye Analytics Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427)
Dec 22, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentGeoeye, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427)
Dec 22, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentGeoeye Solutions Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427)
Jan 23, 2017
Reel 41045, frame 53
Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc.Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 5, 2017
Reel 44208, frame 911
Barclays Bank PLCDigitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents Filed at R/F 041045/0053
Mar 14, 2023
Reel 62981, frame 934
Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc.Radiant Analytic Solutions Inc.Change of Name
Mar 14, 2023
Reel 62981, frame 988
Radiant Analytic Solutions Inc.; Radiant Geospatial Solutions LLC; The Human Geo Group LLC; Radiant Mission Solutions, Inc.Radiant Mission Solutions, Inc.Merger
Mar 14, 2023
Reel 62982, frame 19
Radiant Mission Solutions, Inc.Maxar Mission Solutions Inc.Change of Name
Jan 7, 2026
Reel 74269, frame 821
Maxar Misson Solutions Inc.Vantor Services Inc.Articles of Amendment

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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