Lapsed Jan 31, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Uinta Products Inc.
Filed Sep 17, 2009 as application 12/562,121 · Granted Jan 31, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 31, 2024
2009
2029
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
No longer in force
Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Jan 31, 2012
Term would have run to
Oct 11, 2029
Oct 11, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
24
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 11, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 24 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Sep 17, 2009, when this application, 12/562,121, was filed | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +24 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 11, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 31, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 31, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,105,108 | this patent Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 8,419,479 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,512,079 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,821,193 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,951,067 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,512,080 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,585,443 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 8,882,545 | Grace period ended Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2013 Reel 30791, frame 809 | Maskell, Benjamin E.; Vroom, Matthew L. | Henge Docks LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2019 Reel 50958, frame 887 | Henge Docks, LLC | Brydge Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2021 Reel 56287, frame 238 | Brydge Technologies LLC | Claret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.L | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62244, frame 620 | Brydge Technologies LLC | Accord Financial, Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 15, 2023 Reel 63646, frame 798 | Brydge Technologies LLC | Claret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.L | Security Interest |
| May 26, 2023 Reel 63788, frame 478 | Brydge Technologies LLC | Claret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.L | Acceptance of Intellectual Property as Satisfaction of Obligation |
| Sep 29, 2023 Reel 65084, frame 99 | Claret European Specialty Lending Company III, S.A R.L | Uinta Products Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 24 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
50
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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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