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US 8,055,608 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2015 (Orix Ventures, LLC).

Term ends Nov 26, 2026 · High confidence

Filed May 29, 2006 as application 11/420,782 · Granted Nov 8, 2011
Base term plus 181 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
May 29, 2006
Term ends
Nov 26, 2026
Granted
Nov 8, 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
181
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.
4
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 181 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 29, 2006, when this application, 11/420,782, was filedMay 29, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+181 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 26, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 26, 2026High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 13, 2008
Reel 20505, frame 155
Osofsky, Michael Jacob, MR.; Rehling, John Andrew, MR.Accelovation, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 15, 2010
Reel 25148, frame 47
Netbase Solutions, Inc.MMV Finance Inc.Security Agreement
Oct 9, 2012
Reel 29100, frame 711
Netbase Solutions, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Security Agreement
Feb 26, 2015
Reel 35108, frame 389
Accelovation, Inc.Netbase Solutions, Inc.Change of Name
Apr 20, 2015
Reel 35452, frame 701
Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Netbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 22, 2015
Reel 35472, frame 548
MMV Finance Inc.Netbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 1, 2015
Reel 35543, frame 940
Netbase Solutions, Inc.Orix Ventures, LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 1, 2016
Reel 39629, frame 396
Netbase Solutions, Inc.East West BankSecurity Interest
Aug 22, 2017
Reel 43638, frame 282
Orix Growth Capital, LLC (F/K/A Orix Ventures, LLC)Netbase Solutions, Inc.Reassignment and Release of Security Interest
Aug 22, 2017
Reel 43638, frame 474
East West BankNetbase Solutions, Inc.Reassignment and Release of Security Interest
Aug 27, 2017
Reel 43681, frame 743
Netbase Solutions, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., Formerly Known as Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., as AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 1, 2017
Reel 43471, frame 194
East West BankNetbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 28, 2018
Reel 46724, frame 810
Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Netbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 31, 2018
Reel 46770, frame 639
Netbase Solutions, Inc.Orix Growth Capital, LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 46801, frame 612
Hercules Capital, Inc.Netbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 24, 2018
Reel 47140, frame 588
MMV Finance Inc.Netbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2021
Reel 58157, frame 91
Netbase Solutions, Inc.; Quid, LLCEast West Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 24, 2021
Reel 58208, frame 292
Orix Growth Capital, LLCNetbase Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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