Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 4, 2020 (TCF National Bank).
Lapsed Nov 3, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 21, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.
Filed Mar 21, 2005 as application 11/085,711 · Granted Nov 3, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1032 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 3, 2021
2005
2028
Clock starts
Mar 21, 2005
Mar 21, 2005
No longer in force
Nov 3, 2021
Nov 3, 2021
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Nov 3, 2009
Term would have run to
Jan 17, 2028
Jan 17, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,032
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Jan 17, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 1032 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 21, 2005, when this application, 11/085,711, was filed | Mar 21, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1032 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 17, 2028 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 3, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 3, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,610,681 | this patent Nov 2021 | Nov 2021 |
| US 8,056,234 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 8,474,400 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,904,611 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 9,212,515 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 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 21, 2005 Reel 16398, frame 884 | Calcei, Tom; Khalfoun, Mohamed; James, Brian G.; McGlinchy, Timothy B.; Grismer, John; Shepherd, Robert R., II | Ged Intergrated Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2015 Reel 36017, frame 350 | Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. | Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2017 Reel 44217, frame 213 | Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank | First Amendment to Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 4, 2020 Reel 52159, frame 408 | Ged Purchaser, Inc.; Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc.; Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. | TCF National Bank | Security Interest |
| Mar 6, 2020 Reel 52117, frame 127 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association, Formerly Known as Fifth Third Bank | Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2023 Reel 64149, frame 591 | The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank) | Ged Purchaser, Inc.; Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc.; Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.; Norfield Acquisition, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank) | Ged Purchaser, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank) | Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank) | Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank) | Norfield Acquisition, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 1032 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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