Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 6, 2022 (Antares Capital LP).
Term ends Mar 28, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2029
Held by Fecon, LLC
Filed Nov 30, 2010 as application 12/918,677 · Granted Sep 24, 2013
Base term plus 33 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2009
Feb 23, 2009
Term ends
Mar 28, 2029
Mar 28, 2029
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Sep 24, 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
33
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.
20
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 33 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 Feb 23, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/034872, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2010) | Feb 23, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +33 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 28, 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 | Mar 28, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,540,033 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US D757,124 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US D791,195 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,943,037 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US D795,931 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US D821,455 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 10,201,130 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US D914,064 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
8 of 20 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 30, 2010 Reel 25433, frame 323 | Stanley, Jeffrey; Hentz, Robert | Fecon, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2018 Reel 47136, frame 635 | Fecon, LLC | Abacus Finance Group, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2021 Reel 58957, frame 278 | Fecon, Inc. | Fecon, LLC | Conversion |
| Jan 5, 2022 Reel 58644, frame 120 | Abacus Finance Group, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Fecon, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame No.: 047136/0635 |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 58578, frame 135 | Fecon, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 28, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 33 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
74
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.