Also listed on Resilient Technologies LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 27, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2027
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,004,127), so the cap could be lower.
Filed Dec 21, 2011 as application 13/333,721 · Granted Oct 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2007
Mar 27, 2007
Term ends
Mar 27, 2027
Mar 27, 2027
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,109,308, US 8,176,957, US 9,004,127, to Mar 27, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Mar 27, 2007, when application 11/691,968, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2011) | Mar 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,109,308, US 8,176,957, US 9,004,127) | resolves to Mar 27, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Mar 27, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,104,524 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,109,308 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2008/058308 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,086,654 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,004,127 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
| US 11,014,407 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application 16/119,594 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D855,015 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2012 Reel 28206, frame 386 | American Science and Technology Corp.; Ionian Holding Company, LLC; RJL77 Holdings, LLC | Polaris Industries Inc. | Equity Purchase Agreement (REDACTED) |
| Jun 8, 2012 Reel 28347, frame 249 | Manesh, Ali; Tercha, Mike; Anderson, Brian; Meliska, Brian J.; Ceranski, Fidelis; Ayodeji, Olukemi | Resiliant Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2017 Reel 41555, frame 739 | Polaris Industries Inc. | Resilient Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 17, 2017 Reel 41603, frame 269 | Resilient Technologies LLC | Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,109,308, US 8,176,957, US 9,004,127, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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