Also listed on Pent Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 27, 2011 (Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC).
Term ends Nov 29, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 9, 2026
Held by Group Dekko, Inc.
Filed May 9, 2006 as application 11/430,320 · Granted Mar 9, 2010
Base term plus 935 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
May 9, 2006
May 9, 2006
Term ends
Nov 29, 2028
Nov 29, 2028
Granted
Mar 9, 2010
Mar 9, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
935
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 935 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 May 9, 2006, when this application, 11/430,320, was filed | May 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +935 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 29, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,006,523 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 7,673,480 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,267,109 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 7,996,979 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,122,548 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2006 Reel 17884, frame 703 | Hygema, Terry L. | Dekko Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2006 Reel 17957, frame 939 | Dekko Technologies, Inc. | Dekko Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2006 Reel 17971, frame 469 | Pent Technologies, Inc.; Dekko Technologies, LLC | Dymas Funding Company, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2008 Reel 20325, frame 952 | Dekko Technologies, LLC | Pent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2008 Reel 21936, frame 719 | Pent Technologies, Inc. | Group Dekko, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 27, 2011 Reel 26503, frame 966 | Group Dekko, Inc. | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 29, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 935 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2010 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.