Term ends May 16, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 16, 2027
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jul 10, 2012 as application 13/545,675 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 16, 2007
May 16, 2007
Term ends
May 16, 2027
May 16, 2027
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
Nov 5, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 8,215,396, to May 16, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
18
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 16, 2007, when application 11/749,591, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 10, 2012) | May 16, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 8,215,396) | resolves to May 16, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 16, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,607,481 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 7,841,410 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/063751 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,918,278 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,215,396 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,651,174 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2011/036659 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,573,301 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2014 Reel 34013, frame 444 | Gulfstream Services, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2015 Reel 36435, frame 614 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as the Current and Resigning Administrative Agent | Antares Capital LP, as Successor Administrative Agent | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Jun 28, 2018 Reel 46459, frame 743 | Antares Capital LP, as Transferring Administrative Agent | Resolute III Debtco LLC, as Successor Administrative Agent | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Aug 17, 2018 Reel 46860, frame 353 | Resolute III Debtco LLC, as Administrative Agent | Gulfstream Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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
May 2027
Term ends May 16, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 8,215,396, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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.