Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2019 (BP Funding Trust, Series SPL-VI).
Term ends Apr 17, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 28, 2027
Held by WSOU Investments, LLC
Filed Feb 28, 2007 as application 11/711,681 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Base term plus 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2007
Feb 28, 2007
Term ends
Apr 17, 2029
Apr 17, 2029
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Jun 26, 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
779
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.
33
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 779 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 Feb 28, 2007, when this application, 11/711,681, was filed | Feb 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +779 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 17, 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 | Apr 17, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,072,651 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 7,664,494 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 7,577,431 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 7,505,769 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| Application 10/918,644 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/280,862 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/294,329 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,660,580 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
8 of 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2007 Reel 19420, frame 87 | Codreanu, Marian; Tolli, Antti; Juntti, Markku; Latva-aho, Matti | Nokia Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2015 Reel 35581, frame 654 | Nokia Corporation | Nokia Technologies Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2017 Reel 43966, frame 574 | WSOU Investments, LLC | Omega Credit Opportunities Master Fund, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2017 Reel 43953, frame 822 | Nokia Technologies Oy | WSOU Investments, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2019 Reel 49235, frame 68 | WSOU Investments, LLC | Bp Funding Trust, Series Spl-vi | Security Interest |
| May 21, 2019 Reel 49246, frame 405 | Oco Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. (F/K/A Omega Credit Opportunities Master Fund LP | WSOU Investments, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2021 Reel 56990, frame 81 | WSOU Investments, LLC | OT WSOU Terrier Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2021 Reel 56526, frame 93 | Terrier SSC, LLC | WSOU Investments, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 17, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
138
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.
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