Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 2, 2014 (Orix Ventures, LLC).
Term ends Sep 9, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 22, 2026
Held by Inrix, Inc.
Filed May 22, 2006 as application 11/438,822 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term plus 1206 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
May 22, 2006
May 22, 2006
Term ends
Sep 9, 2029
Sep 9, 2029
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Nov 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
1,206
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.
28
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 1206 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 22, 2006, when this application, 11/438,822, was filed | May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1206 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 9, 2029 | 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 9, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,813,870 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
| Application 11/431,980 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/432,603 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,831,380 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,014,936 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2019 | Sep 2019 |
| US 7,912,627 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| US 7,706,965 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,899,611 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
8 of 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2006 Reel 18057, frame 665 | Chapman, Craig H.; Downs, Oliver B. | Inrix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2011 Reel 26657, frame 144 | Inrix, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 2, 2014 Reel 33875, frame 978 | Inrix, Inc. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2019 Reel 49879, frame 427 | Inrix, Inc. | Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49921, frame 108 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC (F/K/A Orix Ventures, LLC) | Inrix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49925, frame 55 | Silicon Valley Bank | Inrix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2023 Reel 64159, frame 320 | Runway Growth Finance Corp. (F/K/A Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc.) | Inrix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 9, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1206 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
249
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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