Term ends Aug 29, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 14, 2025
Held by Nightwing Group, LLC
Filed Dec 14, 2005 as application 11/302,384 · Granted Sep 8, 2009
Base term plus 623 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2005
Dec 14, 2005
Term ends
Aug 29, 2027
Aug 29, 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
623
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.
2
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 623 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 Dec 14, 2005, when this application, 11/302,384, was filed | Dec 14, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +623 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 29, 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 | Aug 29, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,584,808 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,870,912 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 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 27, 2006 Reel 17724, frame 377 | Dolgin, Benjamin; Suliga, William; Goldstein, Brett; Vickerman, David; Hill, John L., III; Shenhar, Joram; Grindstaff, Keith; Cotten, Steven | Raytheon Utd, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2012 Reel 27515, frame 784 | Raytheon Utd Inc. | Raytheon Company | Merger |
| Apr 1, 2024 Reel 66960, frame 411 | Columbus Buyer LLC; Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, Inc.; Raytheon Foreground Security, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2024 Reel 68233, frame 420 | Raytheon Company | Columbus Buyer LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 3, 2024 Reel 68106, frame 251 | Columbus Buyer LLC | Nightwing Group, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 29, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 623 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
89
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.
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