Also listed on Cobham Long Island Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 11, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 31, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Frontgrade Technologies Inc.
Filed Feb 8, 2008 as application 12/028,600 · Granted Nov 15, 2011
Base term plus 559 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
May 31, 2006
May 31, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2027
Dec 11, 2027
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Nov 15, 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
559
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.
4
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 559 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 May 31, 2006, when applications 11/443,151 and 11/443,551, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Feb 8, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +559 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 2027 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,592,775 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 7,786,701 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,058,844 | this patent Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2008 Reel 20846, frame 32 | Altemose, George | Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2011 Reel 26422, frame 719 | Aeroflex Incorporated; Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc.; Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc.; Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc.; Aeroflex Plainview, Inc.; Aeroflex Systems Group, Inc.; Aeroflex Wichita, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 12, 2014 Reel 33728, frame 942 | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Incorporated; Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc.; Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc.; Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc.; Aeroflex Plainview, Inc.; Aeroflex Systems Group, Inc.; Aeroflex Wichita, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Incorporated | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Colorado Springs, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Plainview, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Systems Group, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Jpmrgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Aeroflex Wichita, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2021 Reel 55550, frame 842 | Aeroflex Plainview Inc. | Cobham Long Island Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 22, 2022 Reel 60862, frame 608 | Cobham Long Island LLC | Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 22, 2022 Reel 61299, frame 518 | Cobham Long Island Inc. | Cobham Long Island LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Jan 9, 2023 Reel 62337, frame 939 | Caes Colorado Springs LLC; Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68308, frame 737 | Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. | Frontgrade Technologies Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2027
Term ends Dec 11, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 559 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.