Term ends Aug 20, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 7, 2027
Held by Xmatrix LLC
Filed Nov 24, 2009 as application 12/521,746 · Granted Dec 8, 2015
Base term plus 1078 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Sep 7, 2007
Sep 7, 2007
Term ends
Aug 20, 2030
Aug 20, 2030
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Dec 8, 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
1,078
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.
89
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 1078 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 Sep 7, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/019534, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 24, 2009) | Sep 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1078 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 20, 2030 | 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 | Aug 20, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/019544 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/019534 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/019543 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/019546 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/019545 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/019533 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,205,240 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 7,987,490 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
8 of 89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2009 Reel 23642, frame 899 | Ansari, Amir; Cowgill, George A.; Nicholls, Leon E.; Raissyan, Atousa; Ramayya, Jude P.; Masina, Ramprakash; McQuarters, Alvin R. | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2012 Reel 27648, frame 525 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | NJK Investments, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 17, 2015 Reel 35930, frame 475 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 17, 2015 Reel 35933, frame 820 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Kip Prod P1 LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2015 Reel 35949, frame 845 | Kip Prod P1 LP | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 Reel 39104, frame 853 | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP; Fco VII Clo Transferor LLC; CF Ez LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Fco VII Clo Transferor LLC | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | CF Ez LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2020 Reel 53409, frame 803 | Prodea Systems, Inc. | King, Tyson, MR | Agreement for Judgment |
| Oct 4, 2022 Reel 61305, frame 814 | NJK Investments, LLC | Prodea Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 7, 2024 Reel 67331, frame 422 | Kip Prod P1 LP | Prodea Automation LLC | Merger |
| Aug 30, 2024 Reel 68454, frame 458 | Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund LP; Fco VII Clo Transferor LLC; CF Ez LLC | Prodea Automation LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 21, 2025 Reel 70586, frame 722 | Prodea Automation LLC | Xmatrix LLC | Assignment of Assignor's 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
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 20, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1078 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
703
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 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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