Term ends Dec 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 30, 2028
Held by Reddy Ice LLC
Filed May 30, 2008 as application 12/130,946 · Granted Feb 26, 2013
Base term plus 1307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
May 30, 2008
May 30, 2008
Term ends
Dec 28, 2031
Dec 28, 2031
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013
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
1,307
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.
4
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 1307 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 May 30, 2008, when this application, 12/130,946, was filed | May 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1307 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 28, 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 | Dec 28, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,381,534 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 9,643,742 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 10,066,862 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 10,502,474 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2008 Reel 21357, frame 675 | Metzger, Mark C. | Reddy Ice Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2010 Reel 24103, frame 459 | Reddy Ice Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 22, 2010 Reel 24114, frame 578 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Notes Patent Security Agreement |
| Mar 23, 2010 Reel 24120, frame 384 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Notes Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 10, 2010 Reel 25468, frame 943 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Macquarie Bank Limited | Assignment of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 024103/0459 |
| Jul 20, 2012 Reel 28604, frame 321 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Macquarie Bank Limited, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 24, 2012 Reel 28625, frame 99 | Macquarie Bank Limited, an Australian Entity (as Successor-in-Interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.) | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame 025468/0943 |
| Oct 12, 2012 Reel 29119, frame 277 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Reddy Ice Coproration | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame 024120/0384 |
| May 1, 2013 Reel 30326, frame 435 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | First Lien Security Agreement |
| May 1, 2013 Reel 30326, frame 771 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release by Secured Party of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 024114 Frame 0578 |
| May 2, 2013 Reel 30333, frame 934 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| May 2, 2013 Reel 30334, frame 260 | Macquarie Bank Limited | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 028604/0321 |
| Jul 2, 2018 Reel 46250, frame 123 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2018 Reel 46255, frame 312 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2018 Reel 46464, frame 388 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release of Second Lien Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame 030333/0934 |
| Jul 1, 2019 Reel 49646, frame 624 | Midcap Financial Trust | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 2, 2019 Reel 49649, frame 531 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 51552, frame 744 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent No. 10189464 to the Patent No. 10189646 Previously Recorded on Reel 049649 Frame 0531. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jul 16, 2019 Reel 49771, frame 401 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Reddy Ice LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67181, frame 552 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67185, frame 340 | Ares Capital Corporation | Reddy Ice LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 28, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1307 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
58
later US patents cite this one
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