Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 4, 2026 (Chicago Atlantic Admin, LLC).
Term ends Oct 31, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2032
Filed Jun 16, 2012 as application 13/525,299 · Granted Feb 17, 2015
Base term plus 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2012
Jun 16, 2012
Term ends
Oct 31, 2032
Oct 31, 2032
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Feb 17, 2015
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
137
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
30
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 137 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jun 16, 2012, when this application, 13/525,299, was filed | Jun 16, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 31, 2032 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 31, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,955,462 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 9,258,982 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| Application 14/588,498 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,980,463 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| Application 15/080,295 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,013,214 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| US 11,330,803 | In force Apr 2040 | Apr 2040 |
| Application 16/886,362 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2012 Reel 28388, frame 982 | Golden, John Michael | Wolfgis, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2024 Reel 66031, frame 351 | Wolfgis, LLC | Protect Animals with Satellites, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 4, 2026 Reel 75021, frame 693 | Protect Animals with Satellites LLC | Chicago Atlantic Admin, LLC as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 31, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
later US patents cite this one
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