Also listed on CTB McGraw Hill, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2021 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ended Nov 11, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 20, 2023
Held by McGraw Hill LLC
Filed Apr 12, 2006 as application 11/401,961 · Granted Dec 27, 2011
Base term plus 1460 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Nov 11, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2003
Aug 20, 2003
Term ended
Nov 11, 2024
Nov 11, 2024
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,460
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,056,124.
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.
2
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 1460 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Aug 20, 2003, when application 10/643,889, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2006) | Aug 20, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1460 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,056,124) | capped to Nov 11, 2024 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 11, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,056,124 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,086,166 | this patent Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2013 Reel 30088, frame 771 | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC | Bank of Montreal | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2014 Reel 32040, frame 330 | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC; CTB/McGraw-Hill, LLC; Grow.net, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 2, 2014 Reel 33232, frame 307 | CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2015 Reel 36755, frame 610 | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings LLC | CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2015 Reel 36762, frame 940 | CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC | Data Recognition Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 28, 2015 Reel 36902, frame 612 | Data Recognition Corporation | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings LLC | License |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37134, frame 211 | Data Recognition Corporation | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Exhibit a of the License Agreement (Patent Number 70561244 Should Be Patent Number 7056124) Previously Recorded at Reel: 036902 Frame: 0612. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 29, 2016 Reel 39205, frame 841 | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 29, 2016 Reel 39205, frame 871 | Bank of Montreal | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 29, 2016 Reel 39206, frame 35 | Bank of Montreal | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC; CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC; Grow.net, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of Montreal | CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of Montreal | Grow.net, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2021 Reel 55000, frame 643 | McGraw Hill LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2021 Reel 56552, frame 856 | Data Recognition Corporation | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2021 Reel 56827, frame 387 | McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC; McGraw-Hill School Education LLC | McGraw Hill LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jul 12, 2021 Reel 56891, frame 545 | McGraw Hill LLC | McGraw Hill LLC | Change of Address |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57041, frame 925 | McGraw Hill LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57041, frame 934 | McGraw Hill LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Abl Security Agreement |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57041, frame 977 | McGraw Hill LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. | Notes Security Agreement |
| Aug 3, 2021 Reel 57070, frame 283 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | McGraw Hill LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 23, 2021 Reel 57263, frame 646 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Agent | McGraw Hill LLC (as Successor to McGraw-Hill School Education Holdings, LLC) | Release of Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Aug 9, 2024 Reel 68522, frame 31 | ACHIEVE3000, Inc.; Actively Learn Inc.; McGraw Hill LLC | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest (NOTES) |
| Oct 12, 2026 Reel 76682, frame 802 | McGraw Hill LLC; ACHIEVE3000, Inc.; Actively Learn Inc. | The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Notes Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 12, 2026 Reel 76682, frame 872 | Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | McGraw Hill LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
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Note
The 1460 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,056,124.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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