Also listed on Action Target Acquisition Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 27, 2013 (Zions First National Bank).
Term ends Mar 5, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 17, 2026
Held by Action Target Inc.
Filed Aug 17, 2006 as application 11/506,413 · Granted Oct 8, 2013
Base term plus 1296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2006
Aug 17, 2006
Term ends
Mar 5, 2030
Mar 5, 2030
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 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
1,296
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 1296 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 Aug 17, 2006, when this application, 11/506,413, was filed | Aug 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1296 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 2030 | 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 5, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,550,465 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 7,914,004 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,016,291 | Term ended no later than Aug 2026 | no later than Aug 2026 |
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 13, 2006 Reel 18571, frame 1 | Wright, Thomas; Marshall, Thomas; Bateman, Kyle | Action Target, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2008 Reel 20976, frame 75 | Action Target Inc. | Action Target Acquisition Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2008 Reel 21006, frame 616 | Action Target Acquisition Corp. | BB&T Capital Partners/Windsor Mezzanine Fund, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Apr 21, 2009 Reel 22562, frame 731 | Action Target Inc., F/K/A Action Target Acquisition Corp. | BB&T Capital Partners/Windsor Mezzanine Fund, LLC | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Sep 5, 2013 Reel 31170, frame 353 | Action Target Acquisition Corp. | Action Target Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 27, 2013 Reel 31736, frame 870 | Action Target Inc.; Law Enforcement Targets, Inc. | Zions First National Bank | 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
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 5, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1296 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
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.