Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 29, 2016 (Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C.).
Term ends Nov 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2030
Held by Global Cooling, Inc.
Filed Aug 31, 2010 as application 12/872,381 · Granted Dec 31, 2013
Base term plus 434 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2010
Aug 31, 2010
Term ends
Nov 8, 2031
Nov 8, 2031
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
434
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.
2
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 434 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 31, 2010, when this application, 12/872,381, was filed | Aug 31, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +434 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 8, 2031 | 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 | Nov 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,615,993 | this patent Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/047643 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2010 Reel 24921, frame 511 | Berchowitz, David M.; Kwon, Yong-rak | Global Cooling, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2016 Reel 37617, frame 364 | Global Cooling, Inc. | Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Nov 21, 2017 Reel 44189, frame 201 | Global Cooling, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2018 Reel 47746, frame 427 | Global Cooling, Inc. | Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C.; Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Global Cooling, Inc. | Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Dec 11, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Global Cooling, Inc. | Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2020 Reel 54689, frame 619 | Global Cooling, Inc.; Global Cooling B.V. | Midcap Business Credit LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2020 Reel 54807, frame 650 | Pacific Western Bank | Global Cooling, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 Reel 55296, frame 607 | Global Cooling, Inc. | Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.; Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxiii, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Global Cooling, Inc. | Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Global Cooling, Inc. | Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxiii, L.L.C. | Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2021 Reel 58034, frame 799 | Midcap Business Credit LLC | EMD Acquisition LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2022 Reel 61190, frame 777 | Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.; Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxiii, L.L.C. | Global Cooling, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2025 Reel 72212, frame 451 | Global Cooling, Inc. | Banc of California | Security Interest |
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Nov 2031
Term ends Nov 8, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 434 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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