Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 18, 2022 (Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II).
Term ended Oct 6, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 6, 2025
Held by Apteryx, LLC
Filed Apr 22, 2009 as application 12/428,168 · Granted Apr 12, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 6, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2005
Oct 6, 2005
Term ended
Oct 6, 2025
Oct 6, 2025
Granted
Apr 12, 2011
Apr 12, 2011
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 6, 2005, when application 11/244,545, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2009) | Oct 6, 2025 | 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 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 6, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,769,218 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 7,925,057 | this patent Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2009 Reel 22780, frame 987 | Crucs, Kevin M | Apteryx, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2020 Reel 52639, frame 824 | Apteryx, Inc. | National Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
| Sep 24, 2020 Reel 53872, frame 602 | National Bank of Canada | Apteryx, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2022 Reel 59317, frame 626 | Apteryx, LLC | Saratoga Investment Corp. SBIC LP, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Mar 24, 2022 Reel 59390, frame 915 | Apteryx, Inc. | Apteryx, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jul 18, 2022 Reel 60531, frame 750 | Apteryx, LLC; PDDS Holdco, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 19, 2022 Reel 60550, frame 26 | Saratoga Investment Corp. SBIC LP, as Administrative Agent | Apteryx, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2025 Reel 72990, frame 80 | Goldman Sachs Middle Market Lending Corp. II, as Resigning Collateral Agent | Goldman Sachs Private Credit Corp., as Successor Collateral Agent | Notice of Assignment of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at RF 060531-0750 |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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