Also listed on Digital Ally, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 1, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 14, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Kustom Entertainment, Inc.
Filed Aug 10, 2008 as application 12/189,192 · Granted Aug 27, 2013
Base term plus 1144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2006
Sep 14, 2006
Term ends
Nov 1, 2029
Nov 1, 2029
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 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
1,144
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 1144 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 14, 2006, when application 11/531,955, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 10, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1144 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 1, 2029 | 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 1, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/531,955 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,520,069 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| Application 12/885,230 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,325,950 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,730,439 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 11,007,942 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2008 Reel 21786, frame 86 | Haler, Robert D. | 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 |
| Aug 12, 2026 Reel 76259, frame 529 | Digital Ally, Inc. | Kustom Entertainment, Inc. | Change of Name |
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 2029
Term ends Nov 1, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1144 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
311
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.