Term ends Dec 6, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 27, 2032
Held by KBR Wyle Services, LLC
Filed Jul 27, 2012 as application 13/560,933 · Granted Jul 15, 2014
Base term plus 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2012
Jul 27, 2012
Term ends
Dec 6, 2032
Dec 6, 2032
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Jul 15, 2014
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
132
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.
2
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 132 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 Jul 27, 2012, when this application, 13/560,933, was filed | Jul 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +132 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 6, 2032 | 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 | Dec 6, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,781,652 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,482,569 | In force no later than Feb 2033 | no later than Feb 2033 |
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 2, 2012 Reel 29260, frame 629 | Vu, Hoai Xuan | Linquest Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46276, frame 610 | Linquest Corporation | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 1, 2021 Reel 57045, frame 647 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Linquest Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 1, 2021 Reel 57045, frame 705 | Linquest Corporation | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Linquest Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | TMC Design Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68488, frame 7 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Linquest Corporation; TMC Design Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 26, 2025 Reel 70633, frame 100 | Linquest Corporation | KBR Wyle Services, LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 6, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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