Term ended Nov 23, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 23, 2025
Held by LMK Technologies, LLC
Filed Oct 1, 2009 as application 12/571,707 · Granted May 13, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 23, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2005
Nov 23, 2005
Term ended
Nov 23, 2025
Nov 23, 2025
Granted
May 13, 2014
May 13, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,670,086, to Nov 23, 2025. 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.
3
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 were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Nov 23, 2005, when application 11/286,652, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2009) | Nov 23, 2025 | 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 7,670,086) | resolves to Nov 23, 2025, 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 23, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,670,086 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2006/040380 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,721,216 | this patent Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
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 17, 2012 Reel 28571, frame 118 | LMK Enterprises, Inc. | LMK Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2019 Reel 48991, frame 468 | Perma-Liner Industries, LLC; Action Products Marketing Corp.; LMK Technologies, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation., As Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 58598, frame 447 | Action Products Marketing, LLC; LMK Technologies LLC; Moray Group, LLC; Perma-Liner Industries, LLC; Pipe Lining Supply Corporation | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Security Interest |
| Nov 2, 2021 Reel 58001, frame 984 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Perma-Liner Industries, LLC; Action Products Marketing Corp.; LMK Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 2, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Perma-Liner Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 2, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Action Products Marketing Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 2, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | LMK Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2026 Reel 74946, frame 416 | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Action Products Marketing, LLC; LMK Technologies, LLC; Moray Group, LLC; Perma-Liner Industries, LLC; Pipe Lining Supply Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Action Products Marketing, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | LMK Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Moray Group, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Perma-Liner Industries, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 20, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Adams Street Credit Advisors LP | Pipe Lining Supply Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,670,086, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
15
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
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.