Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 15, 2024 (Metageek, Inc.).
Term ends Oct 23, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 9, 2027
Held by Dechnia, LLC
Filed Oct 9, 2007 as application 11/973,683 · Granted Jan 25, 2011
Base term plus 745 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2007
Oct 9, 2007
Term ends
Oct 23, 2029
Oct 23, 2029
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Jan 25, 2011
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
745
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.
9
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 745 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 Oct 9, 2007, when this application, 11/973,683, was filed | Oct 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +745 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 23, 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 | Oct 23, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,459,898 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,877,698 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,006,195 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,576,231 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,143,952 | In force (reinstated) Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,445,293 | In force no later than Nov 2029 | no later than Nov 2029 |
6 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2010 Reel 25457, frame 533 | Woodings, Ryan; Tuttle, Brian; Harrison, Don Valate | Metageek, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2022 Reel 60090, frame 419 | Metageek, LLC | Metageek, Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 16, 2022 Reel 60232, frame 786 | Metageek, Inc. | Golub Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2022 Reel 61410, frame 662 | Woodings, Ryan; Tuttle, Brian; Harrison, Christian | Metageek, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the to Correct the Conveying Party Name from Woodings, Tuttle & Don Valate Harrison to Woodings, Tuttle & Christian Harrison Previously Recorded at Reel: 025457 Frame: 0533. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 68787, frame 114 | Golub Capital LLC | Metageek, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2024 Reel 68897, frame 241 | Metageek, Inc. | Dechnia, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2024 Reel 69384, frame 659 | Dechnia, LLC | Metageek, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 23, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 745 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.