Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2018 (Solar Capital Ltd.).
Term ends Apr 22, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 8, 2025
Held by Omniguide, Inc.
Filed Mar 2, 2006 as application 11/366,345 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term plus 1475 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2029
Clock starts
Apr 8, 2005
Apr 8, 2005
Term ends
Apr 22, 2029
Apr 22, 2029
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,475
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.
4
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 1475 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 Apr 8, 2005, when application 11/101,915, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 2, 2006) | Apr 8, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1475 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 22, 2029 | 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 | Apr 22, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,167,622 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,280,212 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2006/007437 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/595,645 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2006 Reel 18519, frame 502 | Goell, James; Soljacic, Marin; Jacobs, Steven A.; Wang, Tairan; Ulu, Gokhan; Temelkuran, Burak; Johnson, Steven G. | Omniguide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 24, 2012 Reel 28841, frame 116 | Omniguide, Inc. | Ros Acquisition Offshore LP | Security Agreement |
| Mar 22, 2017 Reel 41679, frame 143 | Ros Acquisition Offshore LP | Omniguide, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2018 Reel 46662, frame 671 | Omniguide, Inc. | Solar Capital Ltd., as Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 22, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1475 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
34
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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