Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 21, 2018 (Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC).
Term ends Oct 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 22, 2029
Held by RTG Scientific, LLC
Filed Jun 22, 2009 as application 12/489,274 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2009
Jun 22, 2009
Term ends
Oct 14, 2029
Oct 14, 2029
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 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
114
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.
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 runs 114 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 Jun 22, 2009, when this application, 12/489,274, was filed | Jun 22, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +114 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 14, 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 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,337,205 | this patent Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,875,399 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,687,319 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,441,385 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
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 24, 2009 Reel 22871, frame 747 | Reed, Gary, MR. | Nspired Ideas | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34084, frame 16 | Nspired Ideas LLC | RTG Scientific Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 25, 2018 Reel 46244, frame 828 | RTG Scientific, Inc. | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46276, frame 107 | RTG Scientific, Inc. | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45946, frame 125 | Reed, Gary | Nspired Ideas LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 45946, frame 204 | Nspired Ideas LLC | RTG Scientific, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2018 Reel 46168, frame 983 | RTG Scientific, LLC | Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2018 Reel 47507, frame 165 | RTG Scientific, LLC | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Address |
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What's changing
Oct 2029
Term ends Oct 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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