Also listed on WMX, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 28, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2028
Held by Centrak, Inc.
Filed Nov 28, 2008 as application 12/325,030 · Granted Aug 21, 2012
Base term plus 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2008
Nov 28, 2008
Term ends
Nov 28, 2028
Nov 28, 2028
Granted
Aug 21, 2012
Aug 21, 2012
base term
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
936
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,636,046.
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 936 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 28, 2008, when this application, 12/325,030, was filed | Nov 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +936 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 22, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,636,046) | capped to Nov 28, 2028 | 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 | Nov 28, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,248,242 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 7,636,046 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2011 Reel 26159, frame 597 | Awarepoint Corporation | Patient Care Techology Systems, LLC | Security Agreement |
| May 10, 2011 Reel 26254, frame 186 | Patient Care Technology Systems, LLC | WMX, LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 4, 2011 Reel 26704, frame 452 | Caliri, Dyami; Smith, Derek | Awarepoint Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2013 Reel 30440, frame 546 | WMX, LLC | Awarepoint Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2013 Reel 30452, frame 277 | Awarepoint Corporation | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Sep 8, 2014 Reel 33695, frame 249 | Awarepoint Corporation | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Oct 23, 2014 Reel 34038, frame 917 | Silicon Valley Bank | Awarepoint Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37108, frame 606 | Awarepoint Corporation | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 033695 Frame 249. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest |
| Jul 10, 2018 Reel 46521, frame 391 | Awarepoint Corporation | Clinical Patents, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2021 Reel 55234, frame 721 | Clinical Patents, LLC | Centrak, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 28, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,636,046.
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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