Also listed on Smart Cosmos Solutions Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 16, 2022 (Lloyds Bank PLC).
Term ends Sep 18, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2028
Held by Authentix, Inc.
Filed Dec 18, 2008 as application 12/337,752 · Granted Apr 10, 2012
Base term plus 639 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2008
Dec 18, 2008
Term ends
Sep 18, 2030
Sep 18, 2030
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Apr 10, 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
639
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 639 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 Dec 18, 2008, when this application, 12/337,752, was filed | Dec 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +639 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 18, 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 | Sep 18, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,153,984 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2009/006488 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,398,888 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
The 40 most recent of 63 recorded documents are shown; the 23 earliest are not. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Laser Pacific Media Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Pakon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Qualex, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Philippines, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Npec, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Creo Manufacturing America LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Aviation Leasing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 Reel 49901, frame 1 | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Eastman Kodak Company; Far East Development Ltd.; PFC, Inc.; Kodak (Near East), Inc.; Kodak Americas, Ltd.; Kodak Imaging Network, Inc.; Kodak Portuguesa Limited; Kodak Realty, Inc.; Laser Pacific Media Corporation; Pakon, Inc.; Qualex, Inc.; Kodak Philippines, Ltd.; Npec, Inc.; Creo Manufacturing America LLC; Kodak Aviation Leasing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Eastman Kodak Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Far East Development Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | PFC, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak (Near East), Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Americas, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Imaging Network, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Portuguesa Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Realty, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Laser Pacific Media Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Pakon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Qualex, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Philippines, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Npec, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Creo Manufacturing America LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Kodak Aviation Leasing LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 52773, frame 1 | Barclays Bank PLC | Eastman Kodak Company; Far East Development Ltd.; FPC Inc.; Kodak (Near East) Inc.; Kodak Americas Ltd.; Kodak Realty Inc.; Laser Pacific Media Corporation; Qualex Inc.; Kodak Philippines Ltd.; Npec Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Eastman Kodak Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Far East Development Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | FPC Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Kodak (Near East) Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Kodak Americas Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Kodak Realty Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Laser Pacific Media Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Qualex Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Kodak Philippines Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Barclays Bank PLC | Npec Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2020 Reel 53942, frame 902 | Eapeiron Solutions Inc.; Smartrac Technology Fletcher, Inc. | Smartrac Technology Fletcher, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Oct 1, 2020 Reel 53943, frame 24 | Smartrac Technology Fletcher, Inc. | Smart Cosmos Solutions Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2020 Reel 54268, frame 321 | Authentix, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Assignee | Security Interest |
| Dec 7, 2020 Reel 54561, frame 393 | Smart Cosmos Solutions, Inc. | Authentix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 61180, frame 18 | Authentix, Inc. | Lloyds Bank PLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 61201, frame 749 | Silicon Valley Bank | Authentix, Inc. | Termination and Release of First Supplement to Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel 054268, Frame 0321 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 18, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 639 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.