Term ends Jul 12, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2028
Held by Afiniti AI Limited
Filed Aug 29, 2008 as application 12/202,091 · Granted May 6, 2014
Base term plus 1360 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2008
Jan 28, 2008
Term ends
Jul 12, 2030
Jul 12, 2030
Granted
May 6, 2014
May 6, 2014
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
1,360
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,781,106.
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.
99
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 1360 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jan 28, 2008, when application 12/021,251, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 29, 2008) | Jan 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1360 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 19, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,781,106) | capped to Jul 12, 2030 | 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 | Jul 12, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,712,679 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,359,219 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,718,271 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,644,490 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/077042 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,567,586 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,472,611 | Surrendered on reissue Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 8,824,658 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2009 Reel 22085, frame 231 | Spottiswoode, S. James P. | The Resource Group International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2013 Reel 31529, frame 833 | The Resource Group International Limited | Satmap International Holdings Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2015 Reel 36917, frame 627 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2016 Reel 38664, frame 965 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Afiniti International Holdings, Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43452, frame 193 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct to Remove Patent Number 6996948 Previously Recorded at Reel: 036917 Frame: 0627. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Feb 8, 2018 Reel 44872, frame 937 | Afiniti International Holdings, Ltd. | Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 836 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC (F/K/A Orix Ventures, LLC) | Afiniti, Ltd. (F/K/A Satmap International Holdings, Ltd.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2020 Reel 54204, frame 387 | Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Afiniti, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2020 Reel 54700, frame 324 | Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Afiniti, Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Typographical Errors on Page One of the Assignment Previously Recorded at Reel: 054204 Frame: 0387. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68793, frame 261 | Afiniti, Ltd. | VCP Capital Markets, LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69816, frame 656 | Afiniti, Ltd. | Afiniti AI Holdings LLC | Patent Assignment Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69816, frame 858 | Afiniti AI Limited | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69817, frame 1 | Afiniti AI Holdings LLC | Afiniti AI Limited | Patent Assignment Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2025 Reel 70866, frame 614 | VCP Capital Markets, LLC | Afiniti, Ltd. | Release and Termination of Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 12, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1360 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,781,106.
Citations
406
later US patents cite this one
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