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US 8,301,516 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 2, 2025 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).

Term ends Feb 27, 2029 · High confidence

Held by Syndigo LLC
Filed Sep 1, 2009 as application 12/225,955 · Granted Oct 30, 2012
Base term plus 695 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2029
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2007
Term ends
Feb 27, 2029
Granted
Oct 30, 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
695
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 695 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 4, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/008457, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 1, 2009)Apr 4, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+695 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 27, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 27, 2029High confidence

This family

US 8,301,516this patent
Feb 2029
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 1, 2009
Reel 23335, frame 270
Spindler, Michael; Metallo, CyndiGladson, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 25, 2017
Reel 41079, frame 95
Gladson, LLCTwin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 24, 2018
Reel 47290, frame 924
Gladson, LLCTwin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 7, 2018
Reel 47711, frame 245
Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLCGladson, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 15, 2020
Reel 53222, frame 363
Gladson, LLCSyndigo LLCChange of Name
Jul 30, 2020
Reel 53356, frame 543
Syndigo LLCTwin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 308
Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLCSyndigo LLC (F/K/A Gladson, LLC)Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 047290/0924
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 535
Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLCSyndigo LLCRelease of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 053356/0543
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 599
Syndigo LLC; Sellpoints Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCFirst Lien Security Agreement
Dec 15, 2020
Reel 54766, frame 617
Syndigo LLC; Sellpoints Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCSecond Lien Security Agreement
Sep 2, 2025
Reel 72810, frame 575
Syndigo LLC; 1WORLDSYNC, Inc.; Powerreviews, Inc.; Powerreviews Oc, LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 72784, frame 920
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSyndigo LLCRelease of 1L Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 054766/0599
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 72817, frame 757
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSyndigo LLCRelease of 2L Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 054766/0617

Sources

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