Term ends Dec 2, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 25, 2029
Held by USA Fortescue IP, Inc.
Filed Nov 25, 2009 as application 12/626,416 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term plus 1260 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2032
Clock starts
Nov 25, 2009
Nov 25, 2009
Term ends
Dec 2, 2032
Dec 2, 2032
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 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
1,260
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 8,640,492.
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.
14
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 1260 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 Nov 25, 2009, when this application, 12/626,416, was filed | Nov 25, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1260 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 8, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,640,492) | capped to Dec 2, 2032 | 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 | Dec 2, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,769,972 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,464,822 | In force (reinstated) no later than Jul 2030 | no later than Jul 2030 |
| Application 13/899,909 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/303,335 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,599,364 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 10,228,161 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| Application 15/289,220 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,302,932 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2009 Reel 23572, frame 884 | Bahar, Bamdad | Xergy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2015 Reel 36516, frame 507 | Xergy Incorporated | Xergy Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2025 Reel 71255, frame 974 | Xergy Ltd. | Ffi Ionix IP, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2025 Reel 71517, frame 787 | Ffi Ionix IP, Inc. | USA Fortescue IP, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 2, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1260 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 8,640,492.
Citations
63
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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