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Also listed on Raytheon Command and Control Solutions LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 18, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Feb 26, 2010 as application 12/713,785 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term plus 965 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2032
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2010
Term ends
Oct 18, 2032
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
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
965
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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 965 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Feb 26, 2010, when this application, 12/713,785, was filedFeb 26, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+965 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 18, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 18, 2032High 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
Feb 26, 2010
Reel 23999, frame 227
Nichols, Thomas S.; Reyes, Hector M., JR.Thales-Raytheon Systems Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 5, 2016
Reel 39255, frame 62
Thales-Raytheon Systems Company LLCRaytheon Command and Control Solutions LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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