Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 9, 2020 (TD Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 24, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 10, 2025
Held by Aob Products Company
Filed Nov 10, 2005 as application 11/271,100 · Granted Sep 8, 2009
Base term plus 530 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Nov 10, 2005
Nov 10, 2005
Term ends
Apr 24, 2027
Apr 24, 2027
Granted
Sep 8, 2009
Sep 8, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
530
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.
5
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 530 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 10, 2005, when this application, 11/271,100, was filed | Nov 10, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +530 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 24, 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 | Apr 24, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,584,690 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,845,267 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 |
| US 7,946,071 | Term ended no later than Nov 2025 | no later than Nov 2025 |
| US 8,464,628 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,578,645 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2006 Reel 17661, frame 413 | Cauley, Dennis | Battenfeld Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2012 Reel 28380, frame 692 | Battenfeld Acquisition Company Inc.; Battenfeld Technologies, Inc.; Clearview Battenfeld Acquisition Company LLC | The Huntington National Bank, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank | Battenfeld Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank | Battenfeld Acquisition Company Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank | Clearview Battenfeld Acquisition Company LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 12, 2014 Reel 34496, frame 619 | The Huntington National Bank | Battenfeld Technologies, Inc.; Battenfeld Acquisition Company Inc.; Clearview Battenfeld Acquisition Company LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 7, 2020 Reel 52860, frame 247 | Battenfeld Technologies, Inc. | Aob Products Company | Change of Name |
| Jul 13, 2020 Reel 53194, frame 585 | Battenfeld Technologies, Inc. | Aob Products Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Remove Patent Nos 8020302, 8966771, 9375854, and 8584367 Previously Recorded on Reel 052860 Frame 0247. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Sep 9, 2020 Reel 53733, frame 139 | Aob Products Company | Td Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 24, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 530 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
86
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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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