Also listed on Also, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 23, 2018 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Oct 20, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2029
Held by Also Energy
Filed Jan 6, 2009 as application 12/349,085 · Granted Jul 3, 2012
Base term plus 652 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2009
Jan 6, 2009
Term ends
Oct 20, 2030
Oct 20, 2030
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Jul 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
652
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.
16
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 652 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 Jan 6, 2009, when this application, 12/349,085, was filed | Jan 6, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +652 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 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 | Oct 20, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,053,929 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,214,270 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,975,783 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,142,960 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,725,437 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,970,068 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,716,999 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,106,105 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2009 Reel 22081, frame 488 | Schaefer, Robert J.; Caine, Holden R. | Also Energy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2018 Reel 46209, frame 488 | Also Energy, Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 20, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 652 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
224
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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