Also listed on Reg, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jan 13, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 26, 2024
Held by Reg Seneca, LLC
Filed Jan 26, 2004 as application 10/766,740 · Granted Oct 5, 2010
Base term plus 1448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2004
Jan 26, 2004
Term ends
Jan 13, 2028
Jan 13, 2028
Granted
Oct 5, 2010
Oct 5, 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
1,448
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 1448 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 Jan 26, 2004, when this application, 10/766,740, was filed | Jan 26, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1448 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 13, 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 | Jan 13, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,806,945 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,088,183 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 7,871,448 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,728,177 | Term ended no later than Jan 2024 | no later than Jan 2024 |
| US 9,725,397 | Term ended May 2024 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2004 Reel 15764, frame 754 | Komatsu America Corp. | Komatsu Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2006 Reel 17204, frame 995 | Biosource America, Inc. | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Mar 31, 2006 Reel 17401, frame 412 | Jackam, John P | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2006 Reel 17401, frame 512 | Pierce, Joel M | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2006 Reel 17401, frame 461 | Fahrenbruck, Frank S | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2006 Reel 17574, frame 68 | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Biosource America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2007 Reel 19224, frame 419 | Biosource America, Inc. | Nova Biosource Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2007 Reel 20184, frame 490 | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Biosource America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 17, 2007 Reel 20256, frame 170 | Biosource Fuels, LLC | Biosource America, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2010 Reel 24266, frame 391 | Nova Biosource Technologies, LLC | Seneca Landlord, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33705, frame 717 | Seneca Landlord, LLC | Reg Seneca, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 19, 2021 Reel 56628, frame 607 | Reg Seneca, LLC | Umb Bank, N.A., as Collateral Trustee | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Umb Bank, N.A., as Collateral Trustee | Reg Synthetic Fuels, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Umb Bank, N.A., as Collateral Trustee | Renewable Energy Group, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Umb Bank, N.A., as Collateral Trustee | Reg Seneca, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Umb Bank, N.A., as Collateral Trustee | Reg Biofuels, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2022 Reel 60562, frame 428 | Umb Bank, N.A., as Collateral Trustee | Reg Synthetic Fuels, LLC; Renewable Energy Group, Inc.; Reg Seneca, LLC; Reg Biofuels, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 13, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
50
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.
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.