Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2018 (Global Equity Funding, LLC).
Term ends Nov 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2029
Held by Digital Ally, Inc.
Filed Oct 30, 2009 as application 12/609,811 · Granted Aug 6, 2013
Base term plus 746 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2009
Oct 30, 2009
Term ends
Nov 15, 2031
Nov 15, 2031
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 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
746
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.
3
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 746 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 30, 2009, when this application, 12/609,811, was filed | Oct 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +746 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 15, 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 | Nov 15, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,503,972 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 10,271,015 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 10,917,614 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2010 Reel 24068, frame 563 | Haler, Robert D.; Pingel, Leslie R.; Scroggins, Yancy E.; Morrey, Walter T. | Digital Ally, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2014 Reel 32518, frame 752 | Digital Ally, Inc. | Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd. | Assignment for Security Patents |
| Sep 30, 2014 Reel 33868, frame 483 | Digital Ally, Inc. | Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd., as Collateral Agent | Supplement to Assignment for Security: Patents |
| Jul 25, 2016 Reel 39241, frame 276 | Hudson Bay Master Fund Ltd. | Digital Ally, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2018 Reel 44762, frame 608 | Digital Ally, Inc. | Global Equity Funding, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2018 Reel 45494, frame 330 | Digital Ally, Inc. | Mef I, LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2019 Reel 50203, frame 511 | Digital Ally, Inc. | Ogp I, LLC | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 15, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 746 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
53
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.
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