Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 21, 2024 (McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd.).
Term ends Jan 2, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 13, 2030
Held by Bitvore Corp.
Filed Jul 13, 2010 as application 12/835,724 · Granted Feb 19, 2019
Base term plus 538 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Jul 13, 2010
Jul 13, 2010
Term ends
Jan 2, 2032
Jan 2, 2032
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019
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
538
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
6
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 538 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 13, 2010, when this application, 12/835,724, was filed | Jul 13, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +538 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 2, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 2, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,210,481 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2010/042017 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 16/226,738 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/003,229 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/969,596 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/082,322 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2012 Reel 29003, frame 351 | DCS Emap Corporation | Bitvore Corp. | Change of Name |
| Sep 20, 2012 Reel 28997, frame 243 | Mandel, Carl; Mandel, David; Fudge, Brian; Berkowitz, Jack | DCS Emap Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2024 Reel 70070, frame 141 | Bitvore Corp. | McAndrews, Held & Malloy Ltd. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 2, 2032.
Note
The 538 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.