Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 26, 2020 (BDC Capital Inc.).
Term ends no later than Jan 26, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2029
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Transtex LLC
Filed Jan 26, 2009 as application 12/360,038 · Granted Feb 15, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2009
Jan 26, 2009
Ends no later than
Jan 26, 2029
Jan 26, 2029
Granted
Feb 15, 2011
Feb 15, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
11
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jan 26, 2009, when this application, 12/360,038, was filed | Jan 26, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jan 26, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,887,120 | this patent no later than Jan 2029 | no later than Jan 2029 |
| US 7,748,772 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,942,469 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,942,470 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,942,468 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,942,471 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,938,475 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 7,942,467 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2010 Reel 25111, frame 582 | Boivin, Mathieu, MR; Desjardins, Mathieu, MR; Desjardins, Philippe, MR | Transtex Composite Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2014 Reel 33869, frame 492 | Transtex Composite Inc. | Laurentian Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
| Dec 4, 2014 Reel 34533, frame 751 | Transtex Composite Inc. | Fondaction, le Fonds de Développement de la Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux pour la Cooperation et l'Emploi | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2018 Reel 47061, frame 151 | Transtex Composite Inc. | Transtex LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 24, 2019 Reel 50480, frame 708 | Transtex Composite Inc. | Transtex Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correct Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 047061 Frame: 0151. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 26, 2020 Reel 53059, frame 47 | Transtex Inc. | BDC Capital Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends no later than Jan 26, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jan 26, 2029. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
143
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.