Term ends Jan 11, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2028
Held by Axis AB
Filed Nov 17, 2008 as application 12/313,193 · Granted Jun 5, 2012
Base term plus 785 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2008
Nov 17, 2008
Term ends
Jan 11, 2031
Jan 11, 2031
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Jun 5, 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
785
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.
4
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 785 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 Nov 17, 2008, when this application, 12/313,193, was filed | Nov 17, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +785 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 11, 2031 | 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 | Jan 11, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,136,507 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,499,571 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,195,598 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,649,594 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2009 Reel 22693, frame 553 | Cook, Jonathan; Hua, Wei; Chen, Xiangrong; Crab, Ryan; Lu, Juwei | Vidient Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2011 Reel 26227, frame 700 | Vidient Systems, Inc. | Vidient (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors ), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2011 Reel 26264, frame 500 | Vidient (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Agilence, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2011 Reel 26319, frame 301 | Agilence, Inc. | MMV Capital Partners Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 6, 2012 Reel 28509, frame 348 | MMV Capital Partners Inc. | Agilence, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 16, 2012 Reel 28562, frame 655 | Agilence, Inc. | Comerica Bank, a Texas Banking Association | Security Agreement |
| Jul 20, 2017 Reel 43058, frame 635 | Comerica Bank, a Texas Banking Association | Agilence, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 14, 2017 Reel 43593, frame 582 | Agilence, Inc. | WF Fund V Limited Partnership (C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund V) | Security Interest |
| Jan 9, 2018 Reel 45028, frame 880 | WF Fund V Limited Partnership, C/O/B/ as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund V | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Assignment and Assumption of Security Interests |
| Aug 14, 2019 Reel 50046, frame 786 | Agilence, Inc. | Accel-KKR Credit Partners, LP - Series 1 | Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2019 Reel 50082, frame 77 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Agilence, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 3, 2019 Reel 51161, frame 636 | Accel-KKR Credit Partners, LP - Series 1 | Accel-KKR Credit Partners SPV, LLC | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 27, 2021 Reel 57928, frame 933 | Agilence, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 28, 2021 Reel 57941, frame 982 | Accel-KKR Credit Partners SPV, LLC | Agilence, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 2, 2022 Reel 61960, frame 58 | Agilence, Inc. | Axis AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2024 Reel 67705, frame 398 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Agilence, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 11, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 785 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
285
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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