Also listed on Massif Mountain Gear Company LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 5, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2027
Held by Samtech, LLC
Filed Aug 21, 2007 as application 11/842,839 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term plus 1414 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2031
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2007
Aug 21, 2007
Term ends
Jul 5, 2031
Jul 5, 2031
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 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
1,414
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.
This patent's term runs 1414 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 Aug 21, 2007, when this application, 11/842,839, was filed | Aug 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1414 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 5, 2031 | 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 | Jul 5, 2031 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2007 Reel 19923, frame 512 | Roberts, Jeffrey K. | Massif Mountain Gear Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2012 Reel 29101, frame 285 | Massif Mountain Gear Company, L.L.C. | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 24, 2012 Reel 29344, frame 68 | Massif Mountain Gear Company, L.L.C. | GGC Tactical Debt Holdings, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Sep 2, 2014 Reel 33677, frame 161 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.a. | Massif Mountain Gear Company LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 2, 2014 Reel 33677, frame 211 | GGC Tactical Debt Holdings, LLC | Massif Mountain Gear Company LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 2, 2014 Reel 33653, frame 424 | Massif Mountain Gear Company LLC | Samtech, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 20, 2015 Reel 34807, frame 163 | Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. | Massif Mountain Gear Company, L. L. C. | Release |
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
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 5, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1414 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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.