Term ended Oct 17, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 17, 2026
Held by Danco, LLC
Filed Oct 17, 2006 as application 11/550,222 · Granted Feb 3, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 17, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2006
Oct 17, 2006
Term ended
Oct 17, 2026
Oct 17, 2026
Granted
Feb 3, 2009
Feb 3, 2009
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Oct 17, 2006, when this application, 11/550,222, was filed | Oct 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Oct 17, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2008 Reel 21840, frame 652 | Schuster, Michael J.; Schneider, Larry | Mjsi, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 28, 2013 Reel 31101, frame 9 | Mjsi, Inc.; Sustainable Source, LLC | Danco, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2026 Reel 75986, frame 864 | Danco, Inc. | Danco, LLC | Change of Name |
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.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2009 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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