Collateral for a security interest recorded May 8, 2018 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends May 12, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 9, 2031
Held by Asurion, LLC
Filed Oct 16, 2017 as application 15/784,284 · Granted Jul 28, 2020
Base term plus 277 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 2011
Term ends
May 12, 2032
May 12, 2032
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 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
277
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 8,825,762, US 9,794,390, to May 12, 2032. 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.
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 runs 277 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 Aug 9, 2011, when application 13/205,942, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 16, 2017) | Aug 9, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +277 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 12, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,825,762, US 9,794,390) | resolves to May 12, 2032, 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 12, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,825,762 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,794,390 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,728,376 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| Application 16/940,861 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2017 Reel 43869, frame 976 | Bi, Haifeng; Bi, Xiaolian | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2018 Reel 45304, frame 676 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Asurion, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2018 Reel 46101, frame 578 | Asurion, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Suppl. No 6 to First Lien Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2018 Reel 46110, frame 67 | Asurion, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Suppl. No. 4 to Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Dec 19, 2025 Reel 73275, frame 401 | Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 73643, frame 1 | Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 12, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 277 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 8,825,762, US 9,794,390, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites 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.