Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2022 (Newlight Capital LLC).
Term ended Sep 9, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 9, 2024
Held by Conxtech, Inc.
Filed Mar 30, 2010 as application 12/798,183 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 9, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2004
Sep 9, 2004
Term ended
Sep 9, 2024
Sep 9, 2024
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Jun 26, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 9, 2004, when application 10/938,909, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2010) | Sep 9, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 9, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,621,099 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,716,820 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 8,205,312 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| Application 12/868,723 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2010 Reel 24241, frame 718 | Simmons, Robert J. | Conxtech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2011 Reel 26035, frame 257 | Conxtech, Inc. | James D. Warren, as Trustee of the Matilda Trust, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Sep 11, 2013 Reel 31186, frame 965 | James D. Warren, as Trustee of the Matilda Trust, as Collateral Agent | Conxtech, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2019 Reel 47935, frame 187 | Conxtech, Inc.; Smrsf LLC; Conxtech Construction, Inc. | Avidbank | Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Avidbank | Conxtech, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Avidbank | Conxtech Construction Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Avidbank | Smrsf, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 7, 2020 Reel 51439, frame 336 | Avidbank | Conxtech, Inc.; Conxtech Construction Inc.; Smrsf, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 31, 2022 Reel 61033, frame 1 | Conxtech, Inc.; Conxtech Construction, Inc. | Newlight Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2023 Reel 65535, frame 423 | Conxtech, Inc.; Conxtech Construction Inc. | Gallagher IP Solutions LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
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