Also listed on Sunless, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 5, 2024 (Old Second National Bank).
Term ends Apr 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2030
Held by Evolv Brands, Inc.
Filed Oct 22, 2010 as application 12/910,754 · Granted Jul 16, 2013
Base term plus 178 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2010
Oct 22, 2010
Term ends
Apr 18, 2031
Apr 18, 2031
Granted
Jul 16, 2013
Jul 16, 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
178
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.
6
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 178 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 Oct 22, 2010, when this application, 12/910,754, was filed | Oct 22, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +178 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 18, 2031 | 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 | Apr 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,486,030 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/058998 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/091,337 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/160,698 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/280,317 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2012/034512 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2010 Reel 25184, frame 673 | Thomason, Scott; Cooper, Steven C. | MT Industries, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2011 Reel 26764, frame 475 | MT Industries, Inc. | Sunless, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 25, 2011 Reel 26804, frame 895 | Sunless, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 14, 2015 Reel 35643, frame 600 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Sunless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 19, 2015 Reel 35674, frame 720 | Sunless, Inc. | Evolv Brands, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2015 Reel 36573, frame 313 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Antares Capital LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 22, 2019 Reel 50130, frame 654 | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 26, 2019 Reel 50170, frame 298 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Sunless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 5, 2024 Reel 68849, frame 145 | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Notice of Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 5, 2024 Reel 68856, frame 24 | Sunless Holding Company; Sunless Intermediate Holding Company; Sunless, Inc. | Old Second National Bank, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Sunless Intermediate Holding Company | Notice of Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Sep 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Whitehorse Capital Management, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Sunless, Inc. | Notice of Termination and Release of 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
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 178 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
47
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
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.