Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 29, 2014 (Cedar Point Capital, LLC).
Term ended Nov 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 9, 2025
Held by Vbox, Incorporated
Filed Feb 9, 2005 as application 11/054,716 · Granted Oct 7, 2008
Base term plus 640 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 11, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2005
Feb 9, 2005
Term ended
Nov 11, 2026
Nov 11, 2026
Granted
Oct 7, 2008
Oct 7, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
640
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.
This patent's term runs 640 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 Feb 9, 2005, when this application, 11/054,716, was filed | Feb 9, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +640 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 11, 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 11, 2026 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2005 Reel 16385, frame 205 | Jagger, Theodore W.; Van Brunt, Nicholas P.; Kivisto, John A.; Lonnes, Perry B. | Vbox, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2014 Reel 33431, frame 683 | Vbox, Inc. | Cedar Point Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45818, frame 721 | Vbox, Inc. | 3B Medical Manufacturing, LLC | License |
| Dec 23, 2021 Reel 58572, frame 105 | 3B Medical Manufacturing, LLC | Truist Bank | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70043, frame 161 | 3B Medical, Inc. | 3B Medical, Inc. | Change of Address |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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 640 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
67
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.