Also listed on Interconnect Portfolio, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 27, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 8, 2030
Held by Fjelstad, Joseph Charels
Filed Jan 8, 2010 as application 12/684,835 · Granted Aug 21, 2012
Base term plus 292 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 8, 2010
Jan 8, 2010
Term ends
Oct 27, 2030
Oct 27, 2030
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 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
292
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 292 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 Jan 8, 2010, when this application, 12/684,835, was filed | Jan 8, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +292 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 27, 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 | Oct 27, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,246,387 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,333,617 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2016 | Dec 2016 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2012 Reel 28476, frame 241 | Fjelstad, Joseph C | Interconnect Portfolio LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2015 Reel 35336, frame 39 | Fjelstad, Joseph C | Interconnect Portfolio LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the 12684853 Previously Recorded on Reel 028476 Frame 0241. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 26, 2016 Reel 39860, frame 337 | Interconnect Portfolio LLC | Fjelstad, Joseph C, MR. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 5, 2018 Reel 45248, frame 766 | VNS Portfolio LLC | Fjelstad, Joseph Charels | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2022 Reel 60208, frame 891 | VNS Portfolio LLC | Fjelstad, Joseph C | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 27, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 292 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.