Also listed on Also, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 3, 2028
Held by Also Energy, Inc.
Filed Dec 3, 2008 as application 12/314,050 · Granted Nov 8, 2011
Base term plus 193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 3, 2008
Dec 3, 2008
Term ends
Jun 14, 2029
Jun 14, 2029
Granted
Nov 8, 2011
Nov 8, 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
193
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.
16
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 193 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 Dec 3, 2008, when this application, 12/314,050, was filed | Dec 3, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +193 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 2029 | 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 | Jun 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,053,929 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,214,270 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 8,975,783 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,142,960 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,725,437 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,970,068 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,716,999 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,106,105 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
8 of 16 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2009 Reel 22181, frame 122 | Williams, Bertrand Jeffery; Raymis, Bret Allan | Maple Leaf Sciences, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 12, 2009 Reel 23533, frame 65 | Maple Leaf Sciences, LLC | Solar Power Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2012 Reel 29088, frame 887 | Solar Power Technologies Incorporated | Draker, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 16, 2013 Reel 31421, frame 182 | Draker, Inc. | Comerica Bank, a Texas Banking Association | Security Agreement |
| Sep 18, 2015 Reel 36601, frame 900 | Comerica Bank | Draker, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 25, 2020 Reel 52227, frame 462 | Draker, Inc. | Also Energy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
207
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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