Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 24, 2026 (Western Alliance Bank).
Term ends May 22, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BrightEdge Technologies, Inc.
Filed Mar 24, 2015 as application 14/666,934 · Granted May 19, 2020
Base term plus 752 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2035
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013
Term ends
May 22, 2035
May 22, 2035
Granted
May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020
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
752
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.
3
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 752 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 30, 2013, when application 13/874,472, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 24, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 30, 2033 | 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 | +752 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 22, 2035 | 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 | May 22, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/874,472 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2014/018454 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,659,422 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2015 Reel 35369, frame 209 | Crossman, Joshua Philip; Park, Lemuel S.; Yu, Jimmy; Yu, Sammy; Ziola, Thomas J. | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2024 Reel 69399, frame 371 | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74728, frame 160 | Stifel Bank | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 24, 2026 Reel 73881, frame 147 | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 22, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 752 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
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