Also listed on Trex Enterprises Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 26, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 26, 2027
Filed Mar 18, 2010 as application 12/661,622 · Granted Jul 10, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 26, 2007
Mar 26, 2007
Term ends
Mar 26, 2027
Mar 26, 2027
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Jul 10, 2012
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Mar 26, 2007, when application 11/728,435, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2010) | Mar 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 26, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,734,127 | In force (reinstated) Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/003932 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/462,641 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,218,918 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2011/000504 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2010 Reel 24178, frame 185 | Tigli, Hus; Lass, Matthew; Taketomi, Yoshi | Trex Enterprises Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 25, 2013 Reel 31280, frame 516 | Trex Enterprises Corporation | Crossfiber Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 Reel 38295, frame 481 | Crossfiber Inc. | BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Crossfiber Inc. | BBXF LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 15, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Crossfiber Inc. | BBXF Global LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 6, 2016 Reel 39266, frame 449 | BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLC | BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLC | Bill of Sale |
| Jul 6, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | BBXF Global LLC; BBXF LLC | BBXF LLC | Bill of Sale |
| Jul 6, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | BBXF Global LLC; BBXF LLC | BBXF Global LLC | Bill of Sale |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40805, frame 594 | BBXF LLC; BBXF Global LLC | Back Bay Data Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2019 Reel 47914, frame 407 | Back Bay Data Solutions, Inc. | Iande Group, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 29, 2025 Reel 73324, frame 673 | Iande Group, LLC | Eoptolink Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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