Term ends no later than Nov 20, 2027 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2027
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Credit Managment Association
Filed Feb 15, 2023 as application 18/110,066 · Granted Apr 16, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2007
Nov 20, 2007
Ends no later than
Nov 20, 2027
Nov 20, 2027
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Apr 16, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. No maintenance fee can end this term early. Confidence: Low. 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 Nov 20, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/085308, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 15, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Nov 20, 2027 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,050,206 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,121,078 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,589,434 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,640,053 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 10,326,965 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 10,834,362 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 11,589,009 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 11,962,941 | this patent no later than Nov 2027 | no later than Nov 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62710, frame 673 | Micropower Appliance Inc. | Micropower Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62710, frame 821 | Siann, Jon; Espey, Dennis James | Micropower Appliance | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62710, frame 705 | Micropower Technologies, Inc. | Credit Managment Association | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62710, frame 772 | Credit Management Association | Axis AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Nov 2027
Term ends no later than Nov 20, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 20, 2027. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.