Also listed on Beamreach Solar, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 26, 2023 (First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends Sep 23, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 15, 2030
Held by Trutag Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 3, 2011 as application 13/288,721 · Granted Dec 9, 2014
Base term plus 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2010
Jan 15, 2010
Term ends
Sep 23, 2031
Sep 23, 2031
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Dec 9, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
616
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
10
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 616 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 15, 2010, when application 12/688,495, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 3, 2011) | Jan 15, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +616 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 23, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 23, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,926,803 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 8,999,058 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,076,642 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,906,218 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,890,465 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| Application 14/589,847 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,869,031 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 9,771,662 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2012 Reel 28270, frame 158 | Kramer, Karl-josef; Moslehi, Mehrdad M.; Tamilmani, Subramanian; Kamian, George D; Ashjaee, Jay; Yonehara, Takao | Solexel, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 7, 2015 Reel 34731, frame 1 | Solexel, Inc. | Opus Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 26, 2017 Reel 43342, frame 439 | Solexel, Inc. | Beamreach Solar, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43350, frame 822 | Ob Realty, LLC | Ob Realty, LLC | Recordation of Foreclosure of Patent Properties |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43367, frame 649 | Solexel, Inc. | Beamreach Solar, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 44062, frame 383 | Opus Bank | Ob Realty, LLC | Assignment of Loan Documents |
| Dec 20, 2017 Reel 44920, frame 495 | Ob Realty, LLC | Trutag Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 26, 2023 Reel 66140, frame 667 | Trutag Technologies, Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
| Oct 1, 2024 Reel 69083, frame 367 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Kumukahi Holdings, Inc. | Non-Recourse Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 12, 2024 Reel 69240, frame 893 | Trutag Technologies, Inc. | Kumukahi Holdings, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 23, 2031.
Note
The 616 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.