Term ends Dec 27, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 15, 2028
Held by Itron, Inc.
Filed Dec 15, 2008 as application 12/335,009 · Granted Jan 31, 2012
Base term plus 494 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2008
Dec 15, 2008
Term ends
Dec 27, 2029
Dec 27, 2029
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
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
494
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 8,324,859.
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.
5
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 494 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 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 Dec 15, 2008, when this application, 12/335,009, was filed | Dec 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +494 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 23, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,324,859) | capped to Dec 27, 2029 | 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 | Dec 27, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,106,627 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,324,859 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2011/023082 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,963,492 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,686,687 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2009 Reel 23039, frame 943 | Rossi, John | Comverge, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2010 Reel 25329, frame 577 | Comverge, Inc. | Partners for Growth III, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Mar 30, 2012 Reel 27959, frame 286 | Comverge, Inc. | Grace Bay Holdings II, LLC (as Successor-by-Assignment to Partners for Growth III, L.P.) | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Apr 1, 2012 Reel 27968, frame 112 | Comverge, Inc. | Peak Holding Corp. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 29, 2012 Reel 29382, frame 849 | Comverge, Inc. | Hercules Technology II, L.P., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2012 Reel 29407, frame 981 | Comverge, Inc. | Triangle Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| May 15, 2013 Reel 30422, frame 550 | Hercules Technology Ii, L.p. | Comverge, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 2, 2013 Reel 30954, frame 746 | Grace Bay Holdings II, LLC, as Successor-by-Assignment to Partners for Growth III, L.P. | Comverge, Inc. | Release by Secured Party for Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel 025329 Frame 0577 |
| Aug 2, 2013 Reel 30954, frame 839 | Grace Bay Holdings II, LLC, as Successor-by-Assignment to Partners for Growth III, L.P. | Comverge, Inc. | Release by Secured Party of Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel 027959 Frame 0286 |
| Aug 15, 2013 Reel 31016, frame 115 | Peak Holding Corp. | Comverge, Inc. | Release of Security Interest by Secured Party as Previously Recorded at Reel 027968 Frame 0112 |
| Aug 21, 2017 Reel 43618, frame 811 | Itron DR/Ee Inc.; Comverge, Inc. | Itron Distributed Energy Management, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 8, 2018 Reel 45017, frame 893 | Itron, Inc.; Itron Networked Solutions, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Feb 2, 2018 Reel 45230, frame 691 | Itron Distributed Energy Management, Inc.; Itron, Inc.; Itron, Inc. | Itron, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 27, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 494 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 8,324,859.
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
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