Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 15, 2023 (BMO Harris Bank N.A.).
Lapsed Dec 6, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Ivd, LLC.
Filed Apr 20, 2012 as application 13/452,759 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 25 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 6, 2024
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2007
Sep 14, 2007
No longer in force
Dec 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016
Term would have run to
Oct 9, 2027
Oct 9, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
25
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 9, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 25 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 14, 2007, when application 11/855,807, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 20, 2012) | Sep 14, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +25 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 9, 2027 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 6, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,138,414 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,511,027 | this patent Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| Application 15/351,037 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2018 Reel 46909, frame 397 | Ivd, LLC | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2018 Reel 46935, frame 331 | Delavau L.L.C. | Ivd, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 5, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | International Vitamin Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Ivp, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.a. | Ivd, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2019 Reel 48507, frame 924 | Ivd, LLC | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2019 Reel 48507, frame 897 | Citibank, N.a. | International Vitamin Corporation; Ivp, LLC; Ivd, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62699, frame 222 | Ivd, LLC | BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2023 Reel 62714, frame 434 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Ivd, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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