Term ends Apr 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 10, 2027
Held by Prodea Automation LLC
Filed Sep 10, 2007 as application 11/898,186 · Granted Dec 27, 2011
Base term plus 582 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2007
Sep 10, 2007
Term ends
Apr 14, 2029
Apr 14, 2029
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 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
582
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 582 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 Sep 10, 2007, when this application, 11/898,186, was filed | Sep 10, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +582 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 14, 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 | Apr 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,086,495 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2008/075889 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,577,739 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
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 26, 2007 Reel 20178, frame 694 | Ansari, Amir; Cowgill, George A.; Nicholls, Leon E.; Ramayya, Jude P.; Masina, Ramprakash; McQuarters, Alvin R.; Raissyan, Atousa | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2012 Reel 27648, frame 525 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | NJK Investments, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jul 11, 2012 Reel 28640, frame 657 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Seventeenth Investment Company LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 17, 2015 Reel 35930, frame 475 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2015 Reel 35933, frame 820 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Kip Prod P1 LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2015 Reel 35949, frame 845 | Kip Prod P1 LP | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 Reel 39104, frame 853 | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP; Fco VII Clo Transferor LLC; CF Ez LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Fco VII Clo Transferor LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | CF Ez LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2020 Reel 53409, frame 803 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | King, Tyson, MR | Agreement for Judgment |
| Oct 4, 2022 Reel 61305, frame 814 | NJK Investments, LLC | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 7, 2024 Reel 67331, frame 422 | Kip Prod P1 LP | Prodea Automation LLC | Merger |
| Aug 30, 2024 Reel 68454, frame 458 | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP; Fco VII Clo Transferor LLC; CF Ez LLC | Prodea Automation LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2024 Reel 68454, frame 480 | Seventeenth Investment Company LLC | Prodea Automation LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 582 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
110
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.
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