Term ends Aug 25, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 27, 2029
Held by Gulfstream Services, Inc.
Filed Sep 4, 2012 as application 13/603,144 · Granted Jan 7, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2009
Aug 27, 2009
Term ends
Aug 25, 2027
Aug 25, 2027
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 7,918,278, US 8,256,515.
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.
13
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 27, 2009, when application 12/548,577, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2012) | Aug 27, 2029 | 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 7,918,278, US 8,256,515) | capped to Aug 25, 2027 | 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 | Aug 25, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,256,515 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2010/046924 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,622,130 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,939,209 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,410,395 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,863,212 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,196,876 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,633,950 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 13 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 |
| Dec 6, 2017 Reel 44312, frame 920 | Barbee, John Phillip, JR. | Gulfstream Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 25, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 7,918,278, US 8,256,515.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.