Also listed on Metaproteomics, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 22, 2025 (Whitehorse Capital Origination, LLC).
Term ends Dec 26, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 13, 2028
Held by Metagenics LLC
Filed Feb 13, 2008 as application 12/030,335 · Granted Aug 14, 2012
Base term plus 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2008
Feb 13, 2008
Term ends
Dec 26, 2028
Dec 26, 2028
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Aug 14, 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
317
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 317 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 Feb 13, 2008, when this application, 12/030,335, was filed | Feb 13, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +317 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 26, 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 | Dec 26, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,241,674 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,475,850 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
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 27, 2008 Reel 20999, frame 902 | Tripp, Matthew L.; Konda, Veera; Hall, Amy; Desai, Anu; Bland, Jeffrey S. | Metaproteomics, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2009 Reel 23373, frame 684 | Meta Proteomics, LLC | Bank Of America, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2021 Reel 57909, frame 199 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Meta Proteomics, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57981, frame 156 | Metagenics, Inc.; Metaproteomics, LLC | Fortress Credit Corp., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 4, 2021 Reel 58015, frame 602 | Metagenics, Inc.; Metaproteomics, LLC | Fortress Credit Corp. (as Collateral Agent) | Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2024 Reel 66485, frame 677 | Metaproteomics, LLC | Metagenics LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2025 Reel 73293, frame 381 | Metagenics LLC | Whitehorse Capital Origination, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 670 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Metagenics LLC (FKA Metagenics, Inc.); Metaproteomics, LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement - Reel/Frame 058015/0602 |
| Dec 23, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp. | Metagenics LLC (FKA Metagenics, Inc.) | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement - Reel/Frame 058015/0602 |
| Dec 23, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp. | Metaproteomics, LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement - Reel/Frame 058015/0602 |
| Dec 24, 2025 Reel 74057, frame 392 | Fortress Credit Corp. | Metagenics LLC (FKA Metagenics, Inc.); Metaproteomics, LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement - Reel/Frame 057981/0156 |
| Dec 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp. | Metagenics LLC (FKA Metagenics, Inc.) | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement - Reel/Frame 057981/0156 |
| Dec 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp. | Metaproteomics, LLC | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement - Reel/Frame 057981/0156 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 26, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 317 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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