Term ends Feb 15, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 29, 2028
Held by H2 Clipper, Inc.
Filed Oct 29, 2008 as application 12/290,453 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2008
Oct 29, 2008
Term ends
Feb 15, 2029
Feb 15, 2029
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 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
109
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.
8
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 109 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 Oct 29, 2008, when this application, 12/290,453, was filed | Oct 29, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +109 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 15, 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 | Feb 15, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,336,810 | this patent Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,820,681 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,102,391 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,493,223 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 10,308,340 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| Application 15/705,885 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/714,129 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/527,519 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2021 Reel 57571, frame 178 | Brutoco, Rinaldo | H2 Clipper, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 15, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 109 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
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.