Collateral for a security interest recorded May 25, 2017 (PNC Bank, National Association).
Term ends Jun 7, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 31, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vante Inc.
Filed Nov 4, 2010 as application 12/939,451 · Granted Jun 25, 2013
Base term plus 219 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2006
Oct 31, 2006
Term ends
Jun 7, 2027
Jun 7, 2027
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
219
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 219 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 31, 2006, when application 11/555,172, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 4, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +219 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 7, 2027 | 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 | Jun 7, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,438,548 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 7,744,805 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,029,712 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,469,690 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2011 Reel 25658, frame 670 | Augustine, Joseph G. | Engineering & Research Associates, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 12, 2013 Reel 31195, frame 745 | Engineering & Research Associates, Inc. | Msi Acquisition Corp. | Merger |
| Sep 13, 2013 Reel 31204, frame 739 | Msi Acquisition Corp. | Vante Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 13, 2013 Reel 31266, frame 756 | Msi Acquisition Corp. | The Privatebank and Trust Company | Security Agreement |
| May 8, 2017 Reel 42278, frame 386 | The Privatebank and Trust Company | Vante Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 25, 2017 Reel 42576, frame 933 | Vante Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 6, 2020 Reel 53992, frame 546 | Vante Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Rider to Security Agreement - Patents |
| Aug 28, 2026 Reel 76244, frame 607 | Machine Solutions, Inc.; Steeger USA LLC; Vante Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 7, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 219 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.