Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 16, 2022 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Nov 28, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 10, 2028
Held by Delta T, LLC
Filed Oct 10, 2008 as application 12/249,086 · Granted Apr 3, 2012
Base term plus 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2008
Oct 10, 2008
Term ends
Nov 28, 2030
Nov 28, 2030
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Apr 3, 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
779
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.
11
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 779 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 10, 2008, when this application, 12/249,086, was filed | Oct 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +779 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 28, 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 | Nov 28, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/978,860 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,147,182 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,672,649 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/036347 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,876,468 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,458,859 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,598,343 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 11,009,033 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2008 Reel 22030, frame 556 | Aynsley, Richard M.; Fizer, Richard W.; Oleson, Richard A.; Smith, J. Carey | Delta T Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2013 Reel 30460, frame 164 | Hoffman Enclosures Inc. | Moog Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2018 Reel 45108, frame 832 | Delta T, LLC (F/K/A Delta T Corporation) | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 26, 2018 Reel 46022, frame 852 | Delta T Corporation | Delta T, LLC | Change of Name |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 50784, frame 576 | Hoffman Enclosures Inc. | Delta T, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 50784, frame 630 | Moog, Inc. | Delta T, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2020 Reel 51584, frame 754 | Aspen Motion Technologies, Inc. | Hoffman Enclosures Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 26, 2021 Reel 57606, frame 105 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Delta T, LLC (F/K/A Delta T Corporation) | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (045108/0832) |
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62142, frame 205 | Delta T, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62142, frame 273 | Delta T, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 16, 2026 Reel 76506, frame 387 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Existing Agent | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor Agent | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement, Recorded on December 16, 2022 at Reel/Frame 62142/0273 |
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 28, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
36
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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