Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 20, 2023 (Texas Capital Bank).
Term ends Jan 5, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 6, 2031
Held by Bowtech, LLC
Filed Jan 6, 2011 as application 12/985,659 · Granted Jun 25, 2013
Base term plus 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2011
Jan 6, 2011
Term ends
Jan 5, 2032
Jan 5, 2032
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 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
364
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 364 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 Jan 6, 2011, when this application, 12/985,659, was filed | Jan 6, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +364 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 5, 2032 | 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 | Jan 5, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,469,013 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 8,739,769 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2012 Reel 29470, frame 264 | Yehle, Craig T.; Obteshka, Nicholas C. | Extreme Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2014 Reel 32526, frame 967 | Extreme Technologies, Inc. | Bowtech, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 28, 2014 Reel 32766, frame 929 | Bowtech, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as US Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2015 Reel 36562, frame 510 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Antares Capital LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 7, 2022 Reel 60427, frame 413 | Antares Capital LP, as US Agent | Excalibur Crossbow, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 4, 2022 Reel 61882, frame 752 | Bowtech, Inc. | Bowtech, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Jan 20, 2023 Reel 62439, frame 321 | Bowtech, LLC; Black Gold Archery, LLC; Excalibur Crossbow, LLC | Texas Capital Bank, As Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 5, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
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.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.