Also listed on Vello Systems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends no later than Jul 30, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 17, 2028
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Snell Holdings, LLC
Filed Jul 17, 2008 as application 12/175,422 · Granted May 8, 2012
Base term plus 743 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2008
Jul 17, 2008
Ends no later than
Jul 30, 2030
Jul 30, 2030
Granted
May 8, 2012
May 8, 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
743
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 743 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jul 17, 2008, when this application, 12/175,422, was filed | Jul 17, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +743 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 30, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jul 30, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,175,458 | this patent no later than Jul 2030 | no later than Jul 2030 |
| Application 13/440,976 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2008 Reel 21491, frame 541 | Way, Winston I. | Opvista Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 12, 2010 Reel 23768, frame 657 | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Vello Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2011 Reel 26454, frame 826 | Opvista, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing IV, Inc. / Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 24, 2011 Reel 26638, frame 818 | Venture Lending and Leasing IV, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. | Vello Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 28, 2013 Reel 30498, frame 219 | Vello Systems, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Vello Systems, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Vello Systems, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 15, 2014 Reel 34510, frame 459 | Treq Labs, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing | Treq Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2017 Reel 43522, frame 776 | Treq Labs, Inc. | Snell Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Jul 2030
Term ends no later than Jul 30, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 743 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 30, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
25
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.