Also listed on IPS Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 19, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2028
Why Medium: No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds.
Held by IPS Group, Inc.
Filed Feb 27, 2008 as application 12/072,524 · Granted Dec 21, 2010
Base term plus 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2008
Feb 27, 2008
Term ends
Jun 19, 2028
Jun 19, 2028
Granted
Dec 21, 2010
Dec 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
113
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
6
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 113 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Feb 27, 2008, when this application, 12/072,524, was filed | Feb 27, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +113 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 19, 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 | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds | In force | Medium confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 19, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,854,310 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,590,687 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 14/059,260 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,685,027 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 10,089,814 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 16/100,569 | 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 1, 2009 Reel 22759, frame 392 | King, David W.; Hunter, Murray David Kirby; Hall, Matthew James; Jones, David Andrew | IPS Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 365 | IPS Group Inc. | Pacific Mercantile Bank | Security Agreement |
| May 2, 2019 Reel 49068, frame 36 | Schwarz, Alexander | IPS Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 Reel 60926, frame 645 | Banc of California (FKA Pacific Mercantile Bank) | IPS Group Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 61002, frame 572 | IPS Group Inc. | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2026 Reel 76655, frame 845 | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, as Collateral Agent | IPS Group Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 113 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
186
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.
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.