Term ends May 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2029
Filed May 19, 2016 as application 15/159,091 · Granted Jun 30, 2020
Base term plus 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
Term ends
May 9, 2030
May 9, 2030
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
234
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,836,990, US 8,885,204, US 8,970,893, US 9,367,851, to May 9, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 234 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 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 Sep 17, 2009, when application 12/561,985, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2016) | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +234 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 9, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,836,990, US 8,885,204, US 8,970,893, US 9,367,851) | resolves to May 9, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,367,851 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,699,279 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,715,115 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2016 Reel 38647, frame 565 | Dale, Ernest James; Eichenser, Barbara Clark | Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2016 Reel 38950, frame 301 | Dale, Ernest James; Eichenser, Barbara Clark | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 038647 Frame: 0565. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 20, 2016 Reel 40687, frame 477 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2016 Reel 40695, frame 304 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57467, frame 57 | Owl Rock Capital Corporation | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57467, frame 194 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.; Information Planning and Management Service Inc.; Vestcom New Century LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Vestcom New Century LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 10, 2024 Reel 68864, frame 208 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 9, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,836,990, US 8,885,204, US 8,970,893, US 9,367,851, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.