Term ends Mar 28, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2030
Held by KPS Global LLC
Filed Jan 20, 2010 as application 12/690,683 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2010
Jan 20, 2010
Term ends
Mar 28, 2030
Mar 28, 2030
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 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
67
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.
3
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 67 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 20, 2010, when this application, 12/690,683, was filed | Jan 20, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +67 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 28, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,286,399 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,522,500 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
| US 8,875,462 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2010 Reel 23825, frame 888 | Brown, Marion L. | Hill Phoenix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2015 Reel 37445, frame 50 | KPS Global LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 41858, frame 231 | KPS Global LLC; KPS Global Walk-Ins, LP | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2017 Reel 42191, frame 943 | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global LLC | Termination of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 18, 2017 Reel 42039, frame 424 | Hill Phoenix, Inc. | KPS Global LLC F/K/A KPS Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2017 Reel 42039, frame 541 | KPS Solutions, LLC | KPS Global LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2024 Reel 68753, frame 862 | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global LLC; KPS Global Walk-Ins LP | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2024 Reel 68755, frame 252 | KPS Global LLC; KPS Global Walk-Ins LP | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global Walk-Ins LP | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2026 Reel 75489, frame 627 | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global LLC; KPS Global Walk-Ins LP | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global Walk-Ins LP | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 28, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
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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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.