Also listed on Action Target Acquisition Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 27, 2013 (Zions First National Bank).
Term ends Dec 23, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 11, 2022
Held by Action Target Inc.
Filed Jul 20, 2007 as application 11/781,187 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term plus 1473 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2002
2026
Clock starts
Dec 11, 2002
Dec 11, 2002
Term ends
Dec 23, 2026
Dec 23, 2026
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 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
1,473
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.
14
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 1473 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 Dec 11, 2002, when application 10/317,025, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 20, 2007) | Dec 11, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1473 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 23, 2026 | 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 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,194,944 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 7,275,748 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 7,306,230 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 7,503,250 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 7,775,526 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,276,916 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,653,979 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 7,793,937 | Term ended Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
8 of 14 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2007 Reel 19907, frame 288 | Bateman, Kyle; Marshall, Thomas; Lambert, Spencer | Action Target, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2009 Reel 22562, frame 731 | Action Target Inc., F/K/A Action Target Acquisition Corp. | BB&T Capital Partners/Windsor Mezzanine Fund, LLC | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Dec 16, 2009 Reel 23662, frame 623 | Action Target, Inc. | Action Target Acquisition Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 17, 2009 Reel 23672, frame 558 | Action Target Acquisition Corp. | Action Target Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 27, 2013 Reel 31736, frame 870 | Action Target Inc.; Law Enforcement Targets, Inc. | Zions First National Bank | Security Agreement |
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 2026
Term ends Dec 23, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1473 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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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.