Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2019 (Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC).
Term ends Jan 3, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 29, 2028
Held by Virtium LLC
Filed Dec 29, 2008 as application 12/345,536 · Granted Jul 27, 2010
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 29, 2008
Dec 29, 2008
Term ends
Jan 3, 2029
Jan 3, 2029
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Jul 27, 2010
base term
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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
2
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 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 29, 2008, when this application, 12/345,536, was filed | Dec 29, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 3, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 3, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,762,818 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,028,404 | In force (reinstated) Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2008 Reel 22038, frame 746 | Hoang, Phan | Virtium Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 8, 2015 Reel 36284, frame 124 | Virtium Technology Inc.; Virtium Opco LLC | Virtium LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 12, 2015 Reel 36310, frame 55 | Virtium LLC | Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 6, 2019 Reel 48515, frame 493 | Virtium LLC | Maranon Capital, L.P., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 14, 2019 Reel 48595, frame 533 | Virtium LLC | Cibc Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 19, 2019 Reel 48635, frame 794 | Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Virtium LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 13, 2019 Reel 49160, frame 509 | Virtium LLC | Cerberus Business Finance Agency, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest -- Patents |
| May 13, 2019 Reel 49162, frame 827 | Maranon Capital, L.p. | Virtium LLC | Release of Security Interests in Patents |
| May 13, 2019 Reel 50174, frame 645 | Cibc Bank USA | Virtium LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 3, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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