Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 26, 2020 (BDC Capital Inc.).
Term ends Jan 26, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 26, 2029
Held by Transtex LLC
Filed Dec 24, 2009 as application 12/647,004 · Granted May 17, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2009
Jan 26, 2009
Term ends
Jan 26, 2029
Jan 26, 2029
Granted
May 17, 2011
May 17, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,748,772, to Jan 26, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 26, 2009, when application 12/360,038, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 24, 2009) | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,748,772) | resolves to Jan 26, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jan 26, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,887,120 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2010 Reel 25342, frame 338 | Boivin, Mathieu, MR; Desjardins, Mathieu, MR; Desjardins, Philippe, MR | Transtex Composite Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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 Jan 26, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,748,772, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
89
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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.