Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2006 (Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P.).
Term ends Jan 4, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 25, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,944,561), so the cap could be lower.
Held by X-Rite, Incorporated
Filed Apr 25, 2006 as application 11/410,451 · Granted May 10, 2011
Base term plus 1345 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2006
Apr 25, 2006
Term ends
Jan 4, 2028
Jan 4, 2028
Granted
May 10, 2011
May 10, 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
1,345
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,944,561.
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.
3
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 1345 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 25, 2006, when this application, 11/410,451, was filed | Apr 25, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1345 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 30, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,944,561) | capped to Jan 4, 2028 | Medium 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 4, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,940,396 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,944,561 | In force no later than Jan 2028 | no later than Jan 2028 |
| US 8,345,252 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
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 29, 2006 Reel 17867, frame 146 | Nisper, Jon Kenneth; Rood, Patrick S.; Pawlanta, Brett Allen; Richardson, Thomas M.; Teunis, Brian Dale | X-rite, Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2006 Reel 18056, frame 568 | X-rite, Incorporated | Fifth Third Bank | Patent Security Agreement (First Lien) -- Supplemental IP |
| Aug 4, 2006 Reel 18057, frame 466 | X-rite, Incorporated | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. | Patent Security Agreement (Second Lien)--Supplemental IP |
| Nov 5, 2007 Reel 20064, frame 313 | X-rite, Incorporated; Otp, Incorporated; Monaco Acquisition Company; X-rite Global, Incorporated; X-Rite Holdings, Inc.; Gretagmacbeth LLC; Pantone, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 8, 2007 Reel 20156, frame 569 | X-rite, Incorporated | The Bank of New York, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Apr 6, 2011 Reel 26082, frame 713 | X-rite, Incorporated | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Apr 14, 2011 Reel 26126, frame 496 | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | X-rite, Incorporated; Otp, Incorporated; Monaco Acquisition Company; X-rite Global, Incorporated; X-Rite Holdings, Inc.; Gretagmacbeth LLC; Pantone, Inc. | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | X-rite, Incorporated | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Otp, Incorporated | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Monaco Acquisition Company | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | X-rite Global, Incorporated | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | X-Rite Holdings, Inc. | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Gretagmacbeth LLC | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 14, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio Banking Corporation, and Successor by Merger to Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan Banking Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Pantone, Inc. | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Apr 19, 2011 Reel 26149, frame 681 | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | X-rite, Incorporated; Otp, Incorporated; Monaco Acquisition Company; X-rite Global, Incorporated; X-Rite Holdings, Inc.; Gretagmacbeth, LLC; Pantone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | X-rite, Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | Otp, Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | Monaco Acquisition Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | X-rite Global, Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | X-Rite Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | Gretagmacbeth, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 19, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon, as Agent | Pantone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 16, 2012 Reel 28218, frame 671 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | X-Rite, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded on Reel 026082 Frame 0713 |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 4, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1345 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,944,561.
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
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