Also listed on Radiant Analytic Solutions Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 29, 2027
Held by Maxar Mission Solutions Inc.
Filed Oct 29, 2007 as application 11/978,450 · Granted Sep 21, 2010
Base term plus 23 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2007
Oct 29, 2007
Term ends
Nov 21, 2027
Nov 21, 2027
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
Sep 21, 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
23
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.
9
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 23 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 Oct 29, 2007, when this application, 11/978,450, was filed | Oct 29, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +23 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 21, 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 | Nov 21, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,346,597 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 7,531,774 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2021 | May 2021 |
| US 7,663,529 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,571,146 | Term ended Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 7,917,458 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
| US 7,801,842 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 7,843,377 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,009,079 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2007 Reel 20099, frame 436 | Dalton, Jason R. | Spadac Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25677, frame 510 | Spadac Inc. | Geoeye Analytics Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 1, 2013 Reel 29734, frame 427 | Digitalglobe, Inc.; Geoeye Analytics Inc.; Geoeye, LLC; Geoeye Solutions Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 18, 2014 Reel 33130, frame 140 | Geoeye Analytics Inc. | Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 22, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Digitalglobe Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427) |
| Dec 22, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Geoeye Analytics Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427) |
| Dec 22, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Geoeye, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427) |
| Dec 22, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Geoeye Solutions Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427) |
| Dec 22, 2016 Reel 41176, frame 66 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Digitalglobe Inc.; Geoeye Analytics Inc.; Geoeye, LLC; Geoeye Solutions Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (029734/0427) |
| Jan 23, 2017 Reel 41045, frame 53 | Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc. | Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2017 Reel 44208, frame 911 | Barclays Bank PLC | Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Filed at R/F 041045/0053 |
| Sep 12, 2019 Reel 50351, frame 813 | Digitalglobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc. | Radiant Analytic Solutions Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 26, 2023 Reel 62804, frame 887 | Radiant Analytic Solutions Inc.; Radiant Geospatial Solutions LLC; The Human Geo Group LLC | Radiant Mission Solutions Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 26, 2023 Reel 62804, frame 906 | Radiant Mission Solutions, Inc. | Maxar Mission Solutions Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 23 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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