Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 28, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Feb 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 2, 2030
Held by Vertex Aerospace LLC
Filed Sep 2, 2010 as application 12/874,878 · Granted Feb 5, 2013
Base term plus 152 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2010
Sep 2, 2010
Term ends
Feb 1, 2031
Feb 1, 2031
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013
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
152
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 152 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 Sep 2, 2010, when this application, 12/874,878, was filed | Sep 2, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +152 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 1, 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 | Feb 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,369,062 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/047843 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2010 Reel 24934, frame 363 | Fisher, Delmer D.; Plummer, Brady A.; Plummer, Robert W. | Raytheon Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2021 Reel 58342, frame 27 | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Royal Bank of Canada | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Dec 7, 2021 Reel 58342, frame 46 | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Royal Bank of Canada | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Dec 10, 2021 Reel 58957, frame 428 | Vertex Aerospace, LLC | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 18, 2022 Reel 59436, frame 396 | Raytheon Company | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 28, 2023 Reel 62886, frame 877 | Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC; Delex Systems, Incorporated; Higgins, Hermansen, Banikas, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 1, 2023 Reel 62903, frame 736 | Royal Bank of Canada | Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC | Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Mar 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Mar 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Vectrus Systems Corporation | Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Mar 1, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Advantor Systems, LLC | Release of Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Mar 2, 2023 Reel 62927, frame 61 | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 Reel 62927, frame 79 | Royal Bank of Canada | Vertex Aerospace LLC; Vectrus Systems Corporation; Advantor Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Vectrus Systems Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Ally Bank, As Collateral Agent | Advantor Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Vertex Aerospace LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Vectrus Systems Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 2, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Advantor Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 1, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 152 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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