Also listed on Emsystems LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 1, 2025 (CCP Agency, LLC).
Term ends Jan 27, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 8, 2025
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Ares Capital Corporation
Filed Apr 2, 2008 as application 12/061,364 · Granted Sep 3, 2013
Base term plus 1237 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2029
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2005
Sep 8, 2005
Term ends
Jan 27, 2029
Jan 27, 2029
Granted
Sep 3, 2013
Sep 3, 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
1,237
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 1237 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 8, 2005, when application 11/223,653, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 8, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1237 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 27, 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 | Jan 27, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,527,295 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application 12/061,361 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
2 of 4 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 7, 2010 Reel 24201, frame 166 | Vital Data Technology, LLC | Emsystems LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 26, 2010 Reel 24290, frame 896 | Emsystems LLC | GE Business Financial Services Inc., Formerly Known as Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 27, 2010 Reel 24296, frame 274 | Emsystems LLC | Mcg Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Aug 16, 2010 Reel 24841, frame 527 | D'ambrosia, Robert Matthew | Vital Data Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2010 Reel 24874, frame 1 | Emsystems LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Aug 23, 2010 Reel 24874, frame 465 | GE Business Financial Services Inc. | Emsystems LLC | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Aug 23, 2010 Reel 24874, frame 542 | MCG Capital Corporation | Emsystems LLC | Patent Release and Reassignment |
| Mar 17, 2011 Reel 25970, frame 180 | Emsystems LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 28, 2011 Reel 26034, frame 671 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Emsystems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2012 Reel 29548, frame 483 | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Emsystems LLC | Release by Secured Party of Reel/Frame 025970/0180 |
| Dec 27, 2012 Reel 29548, frame 492 | Emsystems LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 27, 2012 Reel 29548, frame 702 | Emsystems LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 43702, frame 835 | General Electric Company, as Successor in Interest by Merger to General Electric Capital Corporation | Ares Capital Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2018 Reel 46106, frame 644 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Intermedix Office Based, LLC; Emsystems LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents (First Lien) |
| May 8, 2018 Reel 46106, frame 685 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Intermedix Office Based, LLC; Emsystems LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents (Second Lien) |
| May 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Intermedix Office Based, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents (First Lien) |
| May 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Emsystems LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents (First Lien) |
| May 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Intermedix Office Based, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents (Second Lien) |
| May 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Emsystems LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents (Second Lien) |
| Aug 1, 2018 Reel 46527, frame 422 | Emsystems LLC | Capital One, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 23, 2020 Reel 53291, frame 367 | Capital One, National Association | Emsystems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54145, frame 38 | Emsystems, LLC | Golub Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| May 1, 2025 Reel 71151, frame 91 | Emsystems LLC | CCP Agency, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 2, 2025 Reel 71162, frame 55 | Golub Capital LLC | Emsystems LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 054145/0038) |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 27, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1237 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.