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US 8,474,400 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 4, 2020 (TCF National Bank).

Term ends Aug 4, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Oct 30, 2009 as application 12/609,469 · Granted Jul 2, 2013
Base term plus 866 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2027
Clock starts
Mar 21, 2005
Term ends
Aug 4, 2027
Granted
Jul 2, 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
866
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.
5
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 866 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 21, 2005, when application 11/085,711, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2009)Mar 21, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+866 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 4, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 4, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,610,681Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
US 8,056,234Term ended
Jul 2025
Jul 2025
US 8,474,400this patent
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
US 8,904,611Term ended
Sep 2025
Sep 2025
US 9,212,515Term ended
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 30, 2009
Reel 23450, frame 416
McGlinchy, Timothy B., MR.; Grismer, John, MR.Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2015
Reel 36017, frame 350
Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 3, 2015
Reel 36258, frame 198
Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Fifth Third Bank, as Agent for Secured PartySecurity Interest
Aug 12, 2015
Reel 36337, frame 475
Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Fifth Third BankCorrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Receiving Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 036258 Frame: 0198. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest.
Mar 4, 2020
Reel 52159, frame 408
Ged Purchaser, Inc.; Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc.; Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.TCF National BankSecurity Interest
Mar 6, 2020
Reel 52117, frame 127
Fifth Third Bank, National Association, Formerly Known as Fifth Third BankGed Integrated Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 25, 2021
Reel 56392, frame 656
Ged Purchaser, Inc.; Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc.; Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.; Norfield Acquisition, LLCTcf National Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 28, 2023
Reel 64149, frame 591
The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank)Ged Purchaser, Inc.; Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc.; Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.; Norfield Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank)Ged Purchaser, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank)Ged Integrated Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank)Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 28, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
The Huntington National Bank (Successor by Merger to TCF National Bank)Norfield Acquisition, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 9, 2023
Reel 64533, frame 230
Ged Integrated Solutions, Inc.Synovus BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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