Collateral for a security interest recorded May 4, 2021 (NFS Leasing, Inc.).
Term ends Feb 6, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 31, 2026
Held by Newzoom, LLC (Delaware)
Filed Jun 23, 2010 as application 11/921,322 · Granted Aug 7, 2012
Base term plus 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
May 31, 2006
May 31, 2006
Term ends
Feb 6, 2028
Feb 6, 2028
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 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
616
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.
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 616 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 May 31, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/021027, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2010) | May 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +616 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 6, 2028 | 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 | Feb 6, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,235,247 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2008 Reel 21803, frame 257 | Alvarez, Eduardo | Vigix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2013 Reel 30727, frame 657 | Vigix, Inc. | Newzoom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 24, 2015 Reel 36647, frame 458 | Newzoom, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 31, 2015 Reel 37392, frame 130 | Newzoom, Inc. | Mihi LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 31, 2015 Reel 37392, frame 240 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Newzoom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 42166, frame 618 | Newzoom, Inc. | Mihi LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Nature of Conveyance from Assignment to Security Interest. Previously Recorded on Reel 037392 Frame 0130. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47182, frame 578 | Newzoom, Inc. | Newzoom, LLC (California) | Change of Name |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47182, frame 823 | Newzoom, LLC (California) | Newzoom, LLC (Delaware) | Change of Name |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48083, frame 861 | Newzoom, LLC | Newzoom, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the 1. Nature of Conveyance and 2. Assignor and Assignee Remove State. Previously Recorded at Reel: 047182 Frame: 0823. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Conversion. |
| Feb 24, 2021 Reel 55395, frame 322 | Mihi LLC | Newzoom, LLC Formerly Known as Newzoom, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 4, 2021 Reel 56131, frame 880 | Newzoom, LLC | NFS Leasing, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
64
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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