Term ends Feb 27, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2028
Held by IPS Group Inc.
Filed Dec 20, 2010 as application 12/973,109 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2008
Feb 27, 2008
Term ends
Feb 27, 2028
Feb 27, 2028
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 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 7,854,310, to Feb 27, 2028. 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.
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 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 Feb 27, 2008, when application 12/072,524, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 20, 2010) | Feb 27, 2028 | 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 7,854,310) | resolves to Feb 27, 2028, 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 | Feb 27, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,854,310 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,590,687 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 14/059,260 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,685,027 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 10,089,814 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 16/100,569 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 365 | IPS Group Inc. | Pacific Mercantile Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 4, 2020 Reel 53967, frame 945 | King, David William; Hunter, Murray David Kirby; Hall, Matthew James; Jones, David Andrew; Schwarz, Alexander | IPS Group Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2022 Reel 60926, frame 645 | Banc of California (FKA Pacific Mercantile Bank) | IPS Group Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 61002, frame 572 | IPS Group Inc. | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2026 Reel 76655, frame 845 | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, as Collateral Agent | IPS Group Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 27, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,854,310, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
144
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.