Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 15, 2024 (Metageek, Inc.).
Term ends Jan 12, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Held by Dechnia, LLC
Filed Nov 28, 2006 as application 11/605,839 · Granted Dec 2, 2008
Base term plus 45 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Jan 12, 2027
Jan 12, 2027
Granted
Dec 2, 2008
Dec 2, 2008
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
45
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 45 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 28, 2006, when this application, 11/605,839, was filed | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +45 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 12, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 12, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,459,898 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,877,698 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,006,195 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,576,231 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,143,952 | In force (reinstated) Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,445,293 | In force no later than Nov 2029 | no later than Nov 2029 |
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2010 Reel 25475, frame 527 | Ryan Woodings | Metageek, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2022 Reel 60090, frame 419 | Metageek, LLC | Metageek, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 16, 2022 Reel 60232, frame 786 | Metageek, Inc. | Golub Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 68787, frame 114 | Golub Capital LLC | Metageek, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2024 Reel 68897, frame 241 | Metageek, Inc. | Dechnia, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2024 Reel 69384, frame 659 | Dechnia, LLC | Metageek, Inc. | 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
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 45 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
206
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.