Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 2, 2012 (GE Business Financial Services Inc. (Formerly Known as Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.)).
Term ends Feb 22, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 14, 2030
Held by Component Hardware Group, Inc.
Filed Apr 14, 2010 as application 12/798,928 · Granted Nov 13, 2012
Base term plus 314 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2010
Apr 14, 2010
Term ends
Feb 22, 2031
Feb 22, 2031
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
Nov 13, 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
314
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.
9
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 314 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 Apr 14, 2010, when this application, 12/798,928, was filed | Apr 14, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +314 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 2031 | 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 | Feb 22, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,520,461 | Term ended Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 6,840,975 | Term ended May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 6,886,216 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| Application 11/440,932 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/710,072 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/231,377 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,348,229 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,309,889 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
8 of 9 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 19, 2010 Reel 24276, frame 709 | Graham, Thomas | Component Hardware Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2012 Reel 27794, frame 208 | Component Hardware Group, Inc. | GE Business Financial Services Inc. (Formerly Known as Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.), as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 5, 2012 Reel 27805, frame 760 | Component Hardware Group, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30722, frame 745 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Component Hardware Group, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2013 Reel 30744, frame 990 | Component Hardware Group, Inc. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 3, 2013 Reel 30737, frame 474 | GE Business Financial Services Inc. (FKA Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.), as Administrative Agent | Component Hardware Group, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2015 Reel 36564, frame 830 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Antares Capital LP | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 22, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 314 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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