Surrendered on reissue Jan 26, 2021 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2028
Surrendered on reissue Jan 26, 2021 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE48,412 and US RE48,476.
Held by Afiniti AI Limited
Filed Nov 6, 2008 as application 12/266,461 · Granted Jun 25, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1236 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jan 26, 2021
2008
2032
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2008
Nov 6, 2008
No longer in force
Jan 26, 2021
Jan 26, 2021
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Jun 25, 2013
Term would have run to
Mar 26, 2032
Mar 26, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,236
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.
99
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1236 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. 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 Nov 6, 2008, when this application, 12/266,461, was filed | Nov 6, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1236 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 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 | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | no change | Low confidence |
| Reissue | US RE48,412 and US RE48,476 issued Jan 26, 2021, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252) | surrendered Jan 26, 2021 | High confidence |
| Surrendered on reissue | The steps above, in order | Jan 26, 2021 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 9,712,679 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,359,219 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,718,271 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,644,490 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/077042 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,567,586 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,472,611 | this patent Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 8,824,658 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 99 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 26, 2009 Reel 22157, frame 460 | Chishti, Zia | The Resource Group International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 12, 2013 Reel 31582, frame 214 | The Resource Group International Limited | Satmap International Holdings Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2015 Reel 36917, frame 627 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2016 Reel 38664, frame 965 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Afiniti International Holdings, Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43452, frame 193 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct to Remove Patent Number 6996948 Previously Recorded at Reel: 036917 Frame: 0627. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 836 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC (F/K/A Orix Ventures, LLC) | Afiniti, Ltd. (F/K/A Satmap International Holdings, Ltd.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2020 Reel 54046, frame 775 | Afiniti International Holdings, Ltd. | Afiniti, Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68793, frame 261 | Afiniti, Ltd. | VCP Capital Markets, LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69816, frame 656 | Afiniti, Ltd. | Afiniti AI Holdings LLC | Patent Assignment Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69816, frame 858 | Afiniti AI Limited | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69817, frame 1 | Afiniti AI Holdings LLC | Afiniti AI Limited | Patent Assignment Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2025 Reel 70866, frame 614 | VCP Capital Markets, LLC | Afiniti, Ltd. | Release and Termination of Patent Security Agreement |
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Citations
392
later US patents cite this one
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