Term ends Aug 1, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 22, 2029
Filed May 22, 2009 as application 12/470,842 · Granted Aug 14, 2012
Base term plus 436 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009
Term ends
Aug 1, 2030
Aug 1, 2030
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Aug 14, 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
436
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.
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 runs 436 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 22, 2009, when this application, 12/470,842, was filed | May 22, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +436 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 1, 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 | Aug 1, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,242,928 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 8,704,677 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,133,707 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,422,808 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,951,610 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
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 17, 2012 Reel 28227, frame 79 | Prammer, Manfred G. | Martin Scientific LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 19, 2017 Reel 42052, frame 57 | Martin Scientific LLC | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2018 Reel 47778, frame 861 | Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC | BHGE Ventures & Growth LLC | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48093, frame 118 | BHGE Ventures & Growth, LLC | Nextstream Wired Pipe, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2019 Reel 48356, frame 318 | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 5, 2019 Reel 48504, frame 382 | Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC | Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2019 Reel 49008, frame 318 | BHGE Ventures & Growth, LLC | Nextstream Wired Pipe, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee on Page 2 Above Signature Previously Recorded at Reel: 048093 Frame: 0118. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 1, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 436 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
170
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.