Also listed on Intel Americas, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 28, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2026
Held by Care Innovations, LLC
Filed Dec 28, 2006 as application 11/646,599 · Granted Oct 23, 2012
Base term plus 456 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2006
Dec 28, 2006
Term ends
Mar 28, 2028
Mar 28, 2028
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
456
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,223,013, to Mar 28, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 456 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 28, 2006, when this application, 11/646,599, was filed | Dec 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +456 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,223,013) | resolves to Mar 28, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 28, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,294,572 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,223,013 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| Application PCT/US2007/089055 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2007 Reel 18990, frame 440 | Kuris, Benjamin; Denning, JR., Donald R.; Ayer, Steven M. | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2011 Reel 25909, frame 627 | Intel Corporation | Intel Americas, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2011 Reel 26020, frame 456 | Intel Americas, Inc. | Intel-GE Care Innovations LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2016 Reel 38780, frame 72 | Intel-GE Care Innovations LLC | Care Innovations, LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 6, 2020 Reel 52117, frame 164 | Care Innovations, LLC | PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 1, 2021 Reel 56760, frame 857 | PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Care Innovations, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases RF 052117/0164) |
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
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 28, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 456 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,223,013, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
24
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
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.