Also listed on IPS Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 1, 2015 (Pacific Mercantile Bank).
Term ends Oct 22, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2026
Held by IPS Group Inc.
Filed Oct 20, 2008 as application 12/095,914 · Granted Nov 26, 2013
Base term plus 322 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2006
Dec 4, 2006
Term ends
Oct 22, 2027
Oct 22, 2027
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 26, 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
322
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.
8
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 322 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 Dec 4, 2006, when application PCT/IB2006/054574, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2008) | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +322 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 22, 2027 | 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 | Oct 22, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,595,054 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| Application 12/355,734 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,862,494 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application 15/826,584 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/826,587 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/826,583 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
6 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2008 Reel 21066, frame 88 | King, David William; Schwarz, Alexander | IPS Group Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2008 Reel 21595, frame 502 | King, David William; Schwarz, Alexander | IPS Group Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 365 | IPS Group Inc. | Pacific Mercantile Bank | Security Agreement |
| 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 22, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 322 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
176
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.