Term ends Oct 1, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 30, 2028
Held by Capsa Solutions LLC
Filed Jan 8, 2009 as application 12/350,684 · Granted Sep 18, 2012
Base term plus 428 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jul 30, 2008
Jul 30, 2008
Term ends
Oct 1, 2029
Oct 1, 2029
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Sep 18, 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
428
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.
3
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 428 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 Jul 30, 2008, when application 12/182,669, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 8, 2009) | Jul 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +428 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 1, 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 | Oct 1, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/182,669 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,271,128 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,855,811 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2009 Reel 22088, frame 7 | Schultz, David A. | Kirby Lester, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2014 Reel 33280, frame 164 | Capsa Solutions LLC (F/K/A International Retail Services Group, LLC); Capsa International Sales Corporation; Kirby Lester, LLC; Irsg Holdings, LLC | The Privatebank and Trust Company, as Administrative Agent | Second Amended and Restated Patent and Trademark Security Agreement |
| Aug 12, 2015 Reel 36337, frame 946 | Capsa Solutions LLC (F/K/A International Retail Services Group, LLC); Capsa International Sales Corporation; Irsg Holdings, LLC | The Privatebank and Trust Company, as Administrative Agent | Reaffirmation of and First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Patent and Trademark Security Agreement |
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43812, frame 102 | Capsa Solutions LLC | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43814, frame 565 | The Privatebank and Trust Company, as Administrative Agent | Capsa Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43856, frame 764 | Capsa Solutions LLC | CSHC Debtco, LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 28, 2017 Reel 43731, frame 874 | Kirby Lester, LLC | Capsa Solutions LLC | Merger |
| Mar 17, 2023 Reel 63115, frame 670 | Capsa Solutions LLC | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2023 Reel 63115, frame 754 | Capsa Solutions LLC | CSHC Debtco, LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 29, 2026 Reel 75498, frame 380 | Capsa Solutions LLC | Midcap Financial Trust, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 1, 2026 Reel 75315, frame 775 | CSHC Debtco, LLC, as Agent | Capsa Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2026 Reel 75315, frame 879 | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Capsa Solutions LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 1, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 428 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
66
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
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