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Systems and Methods for Processing Data Involving Digital Content, Digital Products And/Or Experiences, Such as Throughout Auction, Sweepstakes And/Or Fulfillment Processing

US 11,182,848 In force
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Term ends Dec 11, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Dec 9, 2019 as application 16/708,320 · Granted Nov 23, 2021
Base term plus 52 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2015
Term ends
Dec 11, 2035
Granted
Nov 23, 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
52
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.
2
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 52 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 Oct 20, 2015, when application 14/918,534, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 9, 2019)Oct 20, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+52 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 11, 2035High 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 orderDec 11, 2035High confidence

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US 10,504,173In force
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US 11,182,848this patent
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