Also listed on The Invention Science Fund I, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 30, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2028
Held by Metali, LLC
Filed Sep 30, 2008 as application 12/286,741 · Granted Aug 31, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2008
Sep 30, 2008
Term ends
Sep 30, 2028
Sep 30, 2028
Granted
Aug 31, 2010
Aug 31, 2010
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 30, 2008, when this application, 12/286,741, was filed | Sep 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Sep 30, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,168,930 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,058,609 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,803,053 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,008,615 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,026,466 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 7,786,419 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,264,101 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/005419 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 14 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2009 Reel 22072, frame 239 | Hyde, Roderick A.; Ishikawa, Muriel Y.; Kare, Jordin T.; Nugent, JR., Thomas J.; Weaver, Thomas A.; Wood, JR., Lowell L.; Wood, Victoria Y.h. | Searete LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2010 Reel 24637, frame 271 | Searete LLC | The Invention Science Fund I, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2022 Reel 59075, frame 583 | The Invention Science Fund I, LLC | Metamaterials IP Company LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2022 Reel 59079, frame 644 | Metamaterials IP Company LLC | Metapower, LLC, | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2022 Reel 60466, frame 783 | Metapower, LLC | Metamaterials IP Company LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jul 14, 2022 Reel 60508, frame 533 | Metamaterials IP Company LLC | The Invention Science Fund I, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2026 Reel 76559, frame 629 | The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. | Metali, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 30, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
383
later US patents cite this one
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