Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 15, 2011 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 8, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 21, 2027
Held by Innotec Corporation
Filed Aug 21, 2007 as application 11/842,606 · Granted Mar 22, 2011
Base term plus 18 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2007
Aug 21, 2007
Term ends
Sep 8, 2027
Sep 8, 2027
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
18
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 18 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 Aug 21, 2007, when this application, 11/842,606, was filed | Aug 21, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +18 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 8, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 8, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,909,482 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,764,240 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
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 26, 2007 Reel 20151, frame 771 | Veenstra, Thomas J; Vander Kuyl, Paul T; Weeda, Matthew S; Lanser, Michael L; Israels, Kyle A; Mulder, Jason R; Vander Pol, Mark W | Innotec Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 22, 2011 Reel 25830, frame 29 | Innotec, Corp. | Fifth Third Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 15, 2011 Reel 27232, frame 101 | Innotec, Corp. D/B/A Innotec, Inc.; Ilh, L.l.c. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 18, 2011 Reel 27250, frame 286 | Fifth Third Bank | Innotec, Corp. D/B/A Innotec, Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Nov 5, 2020 Reel 54290, frame 669 | Innotec, Corp. | Cibc Bank USA | Security Interest |
| Feb 10, 2024 Reel 66434, frame 140 | Cibc Bank USA | Innotec, Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 8, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 18 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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