Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 31, 2025 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Sep 4, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 4, 2026
Held by Par Systems, LLC
Filed Aug 8, 2011 as application 13/205,254 · Granted Apr 14, 2015
Base term plus 762 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2006
Aug 4, 2006
Term ends
Sep 4, 2028
Sep 4, 2028
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Apr 14, 2015
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
762
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.
2
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 762 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 Aug 4, 2006, when application 11/499,911, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2011) | Aug 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +762 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 4, 2028 | 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 | Sep 4, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/499,911 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,008,820 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
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 1, 2017 Reel 44011, frame 932 | Par Systems, Inc. | The Prudential Insurance Company of America, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45680, frame 151 | Par Systems, Inc. | Par Systems, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Aug 28, 2018 Reel 46724, frame 692 | Par Systems, LLC; Oakriver Technology, LLC; I-Stir Technology, LLC | The Prudential Insurance Company of America, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 Reel 70076, frame 289 | Par Systems, LLC; Jered LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 Reel 70080, frame 327 | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Par Systems Group, LLC; Oakriver Technology, LLC; I-Stir Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Par Systems Group, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Oakriver Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | I-Stir Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 4, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 762 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
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