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Also listed on Talyst, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 4, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Dec 29, 2008 as application 12/345,616 · Granted Jun 18, 2013
Base term plus 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Dec 29, 2008
Term ends
Oct 4, 2029
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
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
279
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.

This patent's term runs 279 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 29, 2008, when this application, 12/345,616, was filedDec 29, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+279 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 4, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 4, 2029High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 6, 2009
Reel 22648, frame 410
Clarke, Darcy O.; Wathen, Geoffrey H.Talyst, Inc.Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Jan 5, 2010
Reel 23737, frame 533
Clarke, Darcy O.; Wathen, Geoffrey H.Talyst Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Identification from <talyst, Inc., a Washington Corporation> to <talyst Inc., a Delaware Corporation> Previously Recorded on Reel 022648 Frame 0410. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Their Application No. 12/345616, Filed December 29, 2008, to Talyst Inc.
Mar 15, 2011
Reel 25956, frame 187
Talyst, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSupplement to IP Security Agreement
Aug 9, 2013
Reel 31003, frame 205
Talyst Inc.Orix Ventures, LLCSecurity Agreement
Jun 19, 2015
Reel 35868, frame 24
Orix Ventures LLCTalyst, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 1, 2015
Reel 35951, frame 1
Talyst Systems, LLCComerica BankSecurity Interest
Jul 2, 2015
Reel 35970, frame 982
Silicon Valley BankTalyst, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 13, 2016
Reel 37480, frame 194
Talyst Inc.Talyst Systems, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 1, 2017
Reel 43747, frame 924
Talyst Systems, LLCTranslogic CorporationConfirmation Assignment
Sep 11, 2017
Reel 43543, frame 761
Comerica BankTalyst Systems, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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