Also listed on Confluence Outdoor, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 30, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 29, 2030
Held by Pelican Intl USA LLC
Filed Jul 29, 2010 as application 12/846,713 · Granted Aug 7, 2012
Base term plus 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2010
Jul 29, 2010
Term ends
Dec 30, 2030
Dec 30, 2030
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
154
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 154 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 Jul 29, 2010, when this application, 12/846,713, was filed | Jul 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +154 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 30, 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 | Dec 30, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,235,760 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/046011 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2012 Reel 28418, frame 560 | Rechner, Susanne; Knust, Larry J. | Confluence Holdings Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2014 Reel 32200, frame 28 | Confluence Holdings Corp. | Ally Commercial Finance LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 23, 2014 Reel 32742, frame 397 | Confluence Holdings Corp. | Confluence Outdoor, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2014 Reel 32758, frame 607 | Confluence Outdoor, LLC | Garrison Loan Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2019 Reel 48911, frame 426 | Ally Bank (Successor in Interest to Ally Commercial Finance LLC (an Entity Formerly Known as Gmac Commercial Finance LLC)) | Confluence Holdings Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2019 Reel 48911, frame 869 | Garrison Loan Agency Services LLC | Confluence Outdoor, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2019 Reel 48913, frame 1 | Confluence Outdoor, LLC; Papa Hana, LLC | Acf Finco I LP | Security Interest |
| Mar 22, 2020 Reel 52185, frame 976 | Confluence Outdoor LLC | Paddle Acquisition Co. Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 6, 2020 Reel 52595, frame 781 | Paddle Acquisition Co. Inc. | Confluence Outdoor Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 11, 2020 Reel 52624, frame 343 | Confluence Outdoor Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2022 Reel 59691, frame 611 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Confluence Outdoor Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2022 Reel 59171, frame 214 | Acf Finco I LP | Confluence Outdoor, LLC; Papa Hana, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Acf Finco I LP | Confluence Outdoor, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Acf Finco I LP | Papa Hana, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 29, 2022 Reel 59430, frame 154 | Confluence Outdoor Inc. | National Bank of Canada, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 14, 2025 Reel 72467, frame 668 | 95395893 US LLC | Pelican Intl USA LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 14, 2025 Reel 72484, frame 146 | Confluence Outdoor Inc. | 95395893 US LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 30, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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