Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 17, 2014 (General Electric Capital Corporation).
Term ends Aug 25, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 27, 2029
Held by Gulfstream Services, Inc.
Filed Aug 27, 2009 as application 12/548,577 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term plus 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2009
Aug 27, 2009
Term ends
Aug 25, 2027
Aug 25, 2027
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 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
406
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 7,918,278.
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.
13
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 406 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 27, 2009, when this application, 12/548,577, was filed | Aug 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +406 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 7, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 7,918,278) | capped to Aug 25, 2027 | 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 | Aug 25, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,256,515 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2010/046924 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,622,130 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,939,209 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,410,395 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,863,212 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,196,876 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,633,950 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2012 Reel 28144, frame 938 | Barbee, John Phillip, JR. | Gulfstream Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2014 Reel 34013, frame 444 | Gulfstream Services, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2015 Reel 36435, frame 614 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as the Current and Resigning Administrative Agent | Antares Capital LP, as Successor Administrative Agent | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Jun 28, 2018 Reel 46459, frame 743 | Antares Capital LP, as Transferring Administrative Agent | Resolute III Debtco LLC, as Successor Administrative Agent | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Aug 17, 2018 Reel 46860, frame 353 | Resolute III Debtco LLC, as Administrative Agent | Gulfstream Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 25, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,607,481, US 7,841,410, US 7,918,278.
Citations
70
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.