Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 21, 2018 (Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC).
Term ends Jun 22, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 22, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by RTG Scientific, LLC
Filed Dec 3, 2012 as application 13/694,440 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2009
Jun 22, 2009
Term ends
Jun 22, 2029
Jun 22, 2029
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Nov 4, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. from the record
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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 application 12/489,274, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 3, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 22, 2029 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | Jun 22, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,337,205 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,875,399 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34083, frame 831 | Nspired Ideas LLC; RTG Scientific Inc. | RTG Scientific | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 25, 2018 Reel 46244, frame 212 | Nspired Ideas, LLC | RTG Scientific, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 034083 Frame: 0831. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 25, 2018 Reel 46244, frame 828 | 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 |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46276, frame 107 | RTG Scientific, Inc. | RTG Scientific, LLC | Change of Name |
| 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
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 22, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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