Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 3, 2013 (Square 1 Bank).
Term ends Oct 25, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2028
Held by Invisage Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 18, 2008 as application 12/106,256 · Granted Apr 12, 2011
Base term plus 190 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2008
Apr 18, 2008
Term ends
Oct 25, 2028
Oct 25, 2028
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Apr 12, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
190
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.
40
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 190 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 Apr 18, 2008, when this application, 12/106,256, was filed | Apr 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +190 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 25, 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 | Oct 25, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,923,801 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2009/041153 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/426,854 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,203,195 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,138,567 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2009/051186 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,004,057 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,013,412 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
8 of 40 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 7, 2010 Reel 25110, frame 947 | Tian, Hui; Sargent, Edward Hartley | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2012 Reel 27479, frame 419 | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Security Agreement |
| Sep 3, 2013 Reel 31160, frame 411 | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 5, 2013 Reel 31163, frame 810 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 2, 2014 Reel 33886, frame 632 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2015 Reel 36148, frame 467 | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Mar 16, 2017 Reel 42024, frame 887 | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 20, 2017 Reel 41652, frame 945 | Pacific Western Bank, as Successor in Interest to Square 1 Bank | Invisage Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 25, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 190 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
592
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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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