Term ends Dec 30, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 20, 2028
Held by CFPH, LLC
Filed Aug 20, 2008 as application 12/194,593 · Granted Mar 27, 2012
Base term plus 862 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2008
Aug 20, 2008
Term ends
Dec 30, 2030
Dec 30, 2030
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Mar 27, 2012
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
862
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.
32
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 862 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 Aug 20, 2008, when this application, 12/194,593, was filed | Aug 20, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +862 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 30, 2030 | 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 | Dec 30, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,833,101 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,398,481 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 7,585,217 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,764,541 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,142,283 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 7,997,973 | Term ended no later than Sep 2026 | no later than Sep 2026 |
| US 8,480,471 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,764,538 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 32 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 6, 2009 Reel 22507, frame 612 | Lutnick, Howard W; Alderucci, Dean P; Gelman, Geoffrey M; Burman, Kevin | CFPH, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 30, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 862 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
180
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.