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Method and Apparatus to Evaluate and Provide Funds in Online Environments

US 10,909,620 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends May 29, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Mar 30, 2019 as application 16/370,929 · Granted Feb 2, 2021
Base term plus 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2013
Term ends
May 29, 2033
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
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
125
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.
26
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 125 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 24, 2013, when application 13/749,671, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2019)Jan 24, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+125 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 29, 2033High confidence

This family

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Oct 2029
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Application PCT/US2010/025794PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
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May 2029
May 2029
US 10,430,873In force
May 2029
May 2029
Application 13/180,228Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 10,540,713In force
May 2029
May 2029
Application 13/311,506Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application PCT/US2012/033687PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
8 of 26 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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

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