Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2024 (KKR Loan Administration Services LLC).
Term ended Nov 14, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2026
Held by Code 3, Inc.
Filed May 3, 2006 as application 11/416,904 · Granted Sep 2, 2008
Base term plus 195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 14, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 3, 2006
May 3, 2006
Term ended
Nov 14, 2026
Nov 14, 2026
Granted
Sep 2, 2008
Sep 2, 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
195
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.
2
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 195 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 May 3, 2006, when this application, 11/416,904, was filed | May 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +195 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 14, 2026 | 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 | Nov 14, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,419,286 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,819,565 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
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 15, 2006 Reel 17787, frame 266 | Stein, Paul L. | Code 3, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 2, 2013 Reel 31747, frame 521 | Code 3, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC | Security Agreement |
| Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32618, frame 335 | Barclays Bank PLC | Code 3, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54873, frame 553 | Code 3, Inc.; Electronic Controls Company | Midcap Financial Trust, as Administrative Agent for Lenders | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 Reel 66566, frame 729 | Code 3, Inc. | KKR Loan Administration Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 Reel 66582, frame 731 | Midcap Financial Trust | Electronic Controls Company; Code 3, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Electronic Controls Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Code 3, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 195 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2008 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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