Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 31, 2026 (KPS Global LLC).
Term ends Jun 7, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2029
Held by KPS Global LLC
Filed Mar 30, 2009 as application 12/413,926 · Granted Oct 23, 2012
Base term plus 799 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2009
Mar 30, 2009
Term ends
Jun 7, 2031
Jun 7, 2031
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Oct 23, 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
799
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.
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 799 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 Mar 30, 2009, when this application, 12/413,926, was filed | Mar 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +799 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 7, 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 | Jun 7, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,291,723 | this patent Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 9,482,443 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2015 Reel 36079, frame 679 | Backman, Thomas | Bmil | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2025 Reel 72814, frame 587 | Bmil Technologies, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 20, 2026 Reel 74141, frame 808 | Bmil Technologies, LLC | KPS Global LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2026 Reel 74238, frame 142 | Ares Capital Corporation | KPS Global LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2026 Reel 75485, frame 894 | Ares Capital Corporation | Bmil Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jun 2031
Term ends Jun 7, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 799 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
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
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