Term ends Jul 12, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2028
Held by Afiniti AI Limited
Filed Jan 28, 2008 as application 12/021,251 · Granted Jul 18, 2017
Base term plus 1084 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2008
Jan 28, 2008
Term ends
Jul 12, 2030
Jul 12, 2030
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Jul 18, 2017
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
1,084
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,781,106.
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.
99
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 1084 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jan 28, 2008, when this application, 12/021,251, was filed | Jan 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1084 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,781,106) | capped to Jul 12, 2030 | 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 | Jul 12, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,712,679 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,359,219 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 8,718,271 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,644,490 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/077042 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,567,586 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,472,611 | Surrendered on reissue Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 8,824,658 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2009 Reel 23581, frame 532 | Chishti, Zia; Spottiswoode, Stuart J.p.; Jones, Christopher W. | The Resource Group International Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 4, 2011 Reel 25779, frame 930 | Cataphora, Inc. | Platinum Capital Partners Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 1, 2013 Reel 31527, frame 539 | The Resource Group International Limited | Satmap International Holdings Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2014 Reel 32271, frame 582 | Platinum Capital Partners Inc. | Cataphora, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 29, 2015 Reel 36917, frame 627 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2016 Reel 38664, frame 965 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Afiniti International Holdings, Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Apr 18, 2017 Reel 42043, frame 838 | Afiniti International Holdings, Ltd. | Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2017 Reel 43452, frame 193 | Satmap International Holdings, Ltd. | Orix Ventures, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct to Remove Patent Number 6996948 Previously Recorded at Reel: 036917 Frame: 0627. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Jun 12, 2019 Reel 49444, frame 836 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC (F/K/A Orix Ventures, LLC) | Afiniti, Ltd. (F/K/A Satmap International Holdings, Ltd.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2020 Reel 54204, frame 387 | Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Afiniti, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2020 Reel 54700, frame 324 | Afiniti Europe Technologies Limited | Afiniti, Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Typographical Errors on Page One of the Assignment Previously Recorded at Reel: 054204 Frame: 0387. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 26, 2024 Reel 68793, frame 261 | Afiniti, Ltd. | VCP Capital Markets, LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69816, frame 656 | Afiniti, Ltd. | Afiniti AI Holdings LLC | Patent Assignment Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69816, frame 858 | Afiniti AI Limited | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 3, 2025 Reel 69817, frame 1 | Afiniti AI Holdings LLC | Afiniti AI Limited | Patent Assignment Agreement |
| Apr 16, 2025 Reel 70866, frame 614 | VCP Capital Markets, LLC | Afiniti, Ltd. | Release and Termination of Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 12, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1084 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,781,106.
Citations
356
later US patents cite this one
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