Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 29, 2008 (Wachovia Bank).
Term ends Nov 29, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 30, 2025
Held by Riip, Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2005 as application 11/241,845 · Granted Jul 2, 2013
Base term plus 425 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2005
Sep 30, 2005
Term ends
Nov 29, 2026
Nov 29, 2026
Granted
Jul 2, 2013
Jul 2, 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
425
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.
This patent's term runs 425 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 Sep 30, 2005, when this application, 11/241,845, was filed | Sep 30, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +425 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 2026 | 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 | Nov 29, 2026 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2006 Reel 17845, frame 8 | Leibovich, Izzy; Holovacs, Jayson; Burgess, John | Riip, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 29, 2008 Reel 20582, frame 270 | Raritan, Inc. | Wachovia Bank | Security Agreement |
| May 11, 2012 Reel 28192, frame 318 | Raritan Americas, Inc.; Raritan, Inc.; Riip, Inc.; Raritan Technologies, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (Successor by Merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association) | Amendment No. 1 to Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 10, 2012 Reel 28924, frame 272 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Raritan, Inc.; Raritan Americas, Inc.; Riip, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2012 Reel 28924, frame 527 | Raritan, Inc.; Raritan Americas, Inc.; Raritan Technologies, Inc.; Riip, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Sep 10, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Raritan, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Raritan Americas, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Riip, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2015 Reel 36819, frame 205 | PNC Bank National Association | Raritan Inc.; Raritan Americas, Inc.,; Raritan Technologies, Inc.,; Riip, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank National Association | Raritan Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank National Association | Raritan Americas, Inc., | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank National Association | Raritan Technologies, Inc., | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | PNC Bank National Association | Riip, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 29, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 425 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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.