Term ends Aug 29, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 23, 2030
Held by Oeconnection LLC
Filed Nov 23, 2010 as application 12/952,437 · Granted Dec 24, 2013
Base term plus 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Nov 23, 2010
Nov 23, 2010
Term ends
Aug 29, 2031
Aug 29, 2031
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Dec 24, 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.
17
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 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 23, 2010, when this application, 12/952,437, was filed | Nov 23, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +279 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 29, 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 | Aug 29, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,615,441 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application 14/032,932 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,747,481 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,904,829 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,842,238 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 9,904,910 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 10,140,488 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,108,831 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2010 Reel 25396, frame 795 | Fuss, Christopher Carl; Hitmar, Michael Joseph; Comer, Jeffrey Scott; Kelly, John Patrick; Thomas, Brian Paul; Morman, Scott Christopher | Oeconnection LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2016 Reel 38996, frame 265 | Oeconnection LLC | Golub Capital Markets LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 28, 2017 Reel 44837, frame 275 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP | Patent Security Agreement - First Lien |
| Nov 28, 2017 Reel 44900, frame 655 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP | Patent Security Agreement - Second Lien |
| Nov 28, 2017 Reel 44901, frame 585 | Golub Capital Markets LLC | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 131 | Antares Capital LP, as Adminstrative Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F 044900/0655 |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 150 | Antares Capital LP, as Adminstrative Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at R/F: 044837/0275 |
| Sep 25, 2019 Reel 50490, frame 601 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2019 Reel 50494, frame 775 | Oeconnection LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 22, 2024 Reel 67183, frame 132 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Oeconnection LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67189, frame 495 | Oeconnection LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2024 Reel 67190, frame 91 | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Oeconnection LLC | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents at R/F 050490/0601 |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 29, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
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.
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