Also listed on Formulatrix, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 20, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 19, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Filed Dec 7, 2007 as application 11/952,683 · Granted Sep 13, 2011
Base term plus 824 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2007
Jul 19, 2007
Term ends
Oct 20, 2029
Oct 20, 2029
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Sep 13, 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
824
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.
3
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 824 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jul 19, 2007, when application 11/880,112, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +824 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 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 20, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,016,260 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,205,856 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2008 Reel 20572, frame 508 | Mukaddam, Kabir James; Hu, Jennifer Ezu; Stevenson, Jeremy | Formulatrix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2022 Reel 62179, frame 350 | Formulatrix, Inc. | Formulatrix, LLC | Merger |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62223, frame 363 | Formulatrix, LLC | Formulatrix International Holding Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 20, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 824 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
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
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.