Term ends Feb 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2028
Held by Reddy Ice LLC
Filed Aug 28, 2009 as application 12/449,132 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term plus 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2008
Jan 24, 2008
Term ends
Feb 15, 2028
Feb 15, 2028
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016
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
22
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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 22 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 24, 2008, when application PCT/DK2008/000027, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 28, 2009) | Jan 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +22 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 15, 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,256,195 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| Application 12/583,655 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,428,289 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,122,689 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 8,800,305 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2009 Reel 23153, frame 255 | Pape, Henrik | Schur International A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2013 Reel 30481, frame 478 | Schur International A/S | Schur Technology A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2015 Reel 36785, frame 678 | Schur Technology A/S | Reddy Ice Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 14, 2015 Reel 36789, frame 945 | Reddy Ice Technology LLC | Schur Consumer Products, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2018 Reel 46250, frame 123 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Apr 24, 2019 Reel 48990, frame 864 | Schur Star Systems, Inc. (F/K/A Schur Consumer Products, Inc.) | Reddy Ice Technology LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel/Frame No.: 036789/ 0945 |
| Jul 1, 2019 Reel 49646, frame 624 | Midcap Financial Trust | Reddy Ice Corporation | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 2, 2019 Reel 49649, frame 531 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Jul 15, 2019 Reel 51552, frame 744 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent No. 10189464 to the Patent No. 10189646 Previously Recorded on Reel 049649 Frame 0531. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jul 16, 2019 Reel 49765, frame 272 | Reddy Ice Technology LLC; Reddy Ice Corporation | Reddy Ice Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jul 16, 2019 Reel 49771, frame 401 | Reddy Ice Corporation | Reddy Ice LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67181, frame 552 | Reddy Ice LLC | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67185, frame 340 | Ares Capital Corporation | Reddy Ice LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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