Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 25, 2025 (Barings Finance LLC).
Term ends no later than May 6, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2028
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Nexolve Holding Company, LLC
Filed Nov 16, 2009 as application 12/619,641 · Granted Nov 8, 2011
Base term plus 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2008
Jan 11, 2008
Ends no later than
May 6, 2028
May 6, 2028
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Nov 8, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
116
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
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 116 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jan 11, 2008, when application 11/972,768, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 16, 2009) | Jan 11, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +116 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 6, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | 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 | no later than May 6, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2008/050891 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,619,042 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,053,492 | this patent no later than May 2028 | no later than May 2028 |
| US 8,048,938 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,017,698 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,309,627 | In force no later than Jan 2028 | no later than Jan 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 11, 2009 Reel 23640, frame 457 | Poe, Garrett; Farmer, Brandon | Nexolve Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 5, 2019 Reel 49372, frame 972 | Nexolve Corporation | Nexolve Holding Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2025 Reel 70951, frame 341 | Nexolve Holding Company, LLC | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends no later than May 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 6, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
91
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.