Also listed on Restaurant Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 9, 2026 (BMO Bank N.A.).
Term ends Nov 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 10, 2026
Held by Kept Companies, Inc.
Filed Mar 10, 2006 as application 11/373,474 · Granted Nov 16, 2010
Base term plus 605 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2006
Mar 10, 2006
Term ends
Nov 5, 2027
Nov 5, 2027
Granted
Nov 16, 2010
Nov 16, 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
605
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.
4
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 605 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 Mar 10, 2006, when this application, 11/373,474, was filed | Mar 10, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +605 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 5, 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 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,832,391 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,316,839 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,746,231 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Application 14/299,356 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2006 Reel 17874, frame 192 | Kellogg, David Alan; Smieja, David Paul; Bruns, Ryan Dietrich | Kellogg, Bruns, Smieja, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2011 Reel 26999, frame 926 | Kellogg, Bruns & Smieja, LLC | KBS Automist, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2014 Reel 32458, frame 886 | Kellogg, Bruns, Smieja, LLC | KBS Automist, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of the Assignor Previously Recorded on Reel 026999 Frame 0926. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Mar 17, 2014 Reel 32525, frame 360 | Kellogg, Bruns, Smieja, LLC | KBS Automist, LLC | Corrective Document to Correct Assignment R/F 026999/0926. |
| Apr 30, 2015 Reel 35533, frame 808 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 28, 2015 Reel 35732, frame 562 | KBS Automist, LLC | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 28, 2016 Reel 40431, frame 421 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 28, 2016 Reel 40434, frame 456 | General Electric Company, Successor in Interest by Merger to General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 28, 2016 Reel 40693, frame 716 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest (Second Lien) |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47176, frame 231 | Antares Capital LP | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Release (REEL 040431 / Frame 0421) |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47176, frame 304 | Antares Capital LP | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Release (REEL 040693 / Frame 0716) |
| Oct 3, 2018 Reel 47186, frame 637 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 4, 2018 Reel 47190, frame 953 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59580, frame 427 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59592, frame 415 | Royal Bank of Canada | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Release of First Lien Patent Security Interests |
| Apr 4, 2022 Reel 59592, frame 425 | Royal Bank of Canada | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Patent Security Intersts |
| Aug 12, 2026 Reel 76207, frame 487 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Agent | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Specified Patents |
| Sep 3, 2026 Reel 75897, frame 665 | Restaurant Technologies, Inc. | Kept Companies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2026 Reel 76325, frame 879 | Kept Companies, Inc. | Bmo Bank N.a., As Administrative Agent | 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
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 605 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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