Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 17, 2013 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ended Nov 10, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 21, 2025
Held by Arde, Inc.
Filed Sep 21, 2005 as application 11/232,463 · Granted Mar 3, 2009
Base term plus 415 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 10, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2005
Sep 21, 2005
Term ended
Nov 10, 2026
Nov 10, 2026
Granted
Mar 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
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
415
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.
3
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 415 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 Sep 21, 2005, when this application, 11/232,463, was filed | Sep 21, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +415 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 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 10, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,497,919 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,481,136 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,821,667 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2008 Reel 21536, frame 362 | Sneddon, Kirk | Arde, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2013 Reel 30628, frame 871 | Arde, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jun 20, 2013 Reel 30666, frame 127 | Arde, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jun 20, 2016 Reel 39079, frame 857 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Resigning Agent | Bank of America, N.A., as the Successor Agent | Notice of Succession of Agency (Intellectual Property) |
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39356, frame 118 | U.S. Bank National Association | Arde, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 28, 2023 Reel 64424, frame 394 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as Successor Agent to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (as Successor-in-Interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A.), as Administrative Agent | Arde, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents |
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 415 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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
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