Collateral for a security interest recorded May 12, 2021 (Owl Rock Capital Corporation).
Term ends Mar 6, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 1, 2025
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Relativity Oda LLC
Filed May 11, 2006 as application 11/431,664 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term plus 856 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2005
Nov 1, 2005
Term ends
Mar 6, 2028
Mar 6, 2028
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 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
856
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.
2
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 856 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 1, 2005, when application 11/262,735, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 11, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +856 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 6, 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 | Mar 6, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,844,566 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2006 Reel 17891, frame 869 | Wnek, Janusz | Content Analyst Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 6, 2017 Reel 41471, frame 321 | Content Analyst Company, LLC | Kcura LLC | Merger |
| Aug 28, 2017 Reel 43687, frame 734 | Kcura LLC | Relativity Oda LLC | Change of Name |
| May 12, 2021 Reel 56218, frame 822 | Relativity Oda LLC | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74537, frame 402 | Relativity Oda LLC; Text Iq, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 74539, frame 99 | Blue Owl Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent F/K/A Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Relativity Oda LLC | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 056218/0822 |
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 856 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
142
later US patents cite this one
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