Term ends May 27, 2031 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Transtex LLC

Filed Oct 1, 2012 as application 13/633,013 · Granted May 20, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends May 27, 2031

2011 2031

Clock starts
May 27, 2011

Term ends
May 27, 2031

Granted
May 20, 2014

base term 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.

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.

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. 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 May 27, 2011, when application 13/117,891, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 1, 2012)	May 27, 2031	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	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	May 27, 2031	High confidence

This family

US 8,303,025	In force May 2031	May 2031
US 9,161,249	In force May 2034	May 2034
US 8,727,425	this patent May 2031	May 2031
US 9,211,919	In force May 2031	May 2031
US 9,751,573	In force May 2031	May 2031
US 9,975,583	In force May 2031	May 2031
US 10,189,514	In force Jul 2031	Jul 2031
US 10,583,873	In force Jun 2031	Jun 2031

8 of 19 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
Apr 7, 2014 Reel 32618, frame 49	Senatro, Richard P.	Strehl, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2026 Reel 74457, frame 21	Fleetaero, LLC	Transtex LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

May 2031

Term ends May 27, 2031. No further fees fall due before then

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

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