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Halo/Spider, Full-Moment, Column/Beam Connection in a Building Frame

US 7,941,985 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2022 (Newlight Capital LLC).

Term ends Jul 15, 2029 · High confidence

Filed May 30, 2008 as application 12/156,252 · Granted May 17, 2011
Base term plus 411 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
May 30, 2008
Term ends
Jul 15, 2029
Granted
May 17, 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
411
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.

This patent's term runs 411 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 30, 2008, when this application, 12/156,252, was filedMay 30, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+411 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 15, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 15, 2029High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 30, 2008
Reel 21088, frame 342
Simmons, Robert J.Conxtech, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2011
Reel 26035, frame 257
Conxtech, Inc.James D. Warren, as Trustee of the Matilda Trust, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 11, 2013
Reel 31186, frame 965
James D. Warren, as Trustee of the Matilda Trust, as Collateral AgentConxtech, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 8, 2019
Reel 47935, frame 187
Conxtech, Inc.; Smrsf LLC; Conxtech Construction, Inc.AvidbankSecurity Interest
Jan 7, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
AvidbankConxtech, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 7, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
AvidbankConxtech Construction Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 7, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
AvidbankSmrsf, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 7, 2020
Reel 51439, frame 336
AvidbankConxtech, Inc.; Conxtech Construction Inc.; Smrsf, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 31, 2022
Reel 61033, frame 1
Conxtech, Inc.; Conxtech Construction, Inc.Newlight Capital LLCSecurity Interest
Nov 10, 2023
Reel 65535, frame 423
Conxtech, Inc.; Conxtech Construction Inc.Gallagher IP Solutions LLCSecurity 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.

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