Term ends May 15, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 2, 2028
Held by Frontline Technologies Group LLC
Filed Oct 2, 2008 as application 12/285,371 · Granted Mar 20, 2012
Base term plus 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2008
Oct 2, 2008
Term ends
May 15, 2030
May 15, 2030
Granted
Mar 20, 2012
Mar 20, 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
590
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.
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 590 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 Oct 2, 2008, when this application, 12/285,371, was filed | Oct 2, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +590 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 15, 2030 | 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 | May 15, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,140,366 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,731,981 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2009 Reel 22168, frame 831 | Adams, Greg; Lentz, Nathan; Julius, Ralph; Vilbert, Tom; Thompson, Roland | Front Line Placement Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2011 Reel 25795, frame 369 | Frontline Placement Technologies, Inc. | Frontline Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 1, 2014 Reel 32797, frame 321 | Frontline Technologies, Inc. | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2014 Reel 34188, frame 968 | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 1, 2016 Reel 38174, frame 328 | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 11, 2016 Reel 38241, frame 367 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2017 Reel 43948, frame 292 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Agent | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Recorded at R/F 038174/0328 |
| Sep 22, 2017 Reel 43660, frame 286 | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2022 Reel 61604, frame 765 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Frontline Technologies Group LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 043660/0286 |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 15, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.