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US 11,222,052 In force
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Term ends Sep 10, 2031 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed May 24, 2019 as application 16/422,674 · Granted Jan 11, 2022
Base term plus 120 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
May 13, 2011
Term ends
Sep 10, 2031
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
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
120
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 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.
8
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 120 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 13, 2011, when application 13/107,665, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 24, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 13, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+120 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 10, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 10, 2031Medium confidence

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May 2031
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Jul 2031
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US 11,386,096Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2026
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US 11,222,052this patent
Sep 2031
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49473, frame 293
Mataraso, YoniThomson Reuters (Markets) LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49473, frame 693
Olof-ors, Mans; Nivarthi, PhaniThomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49473, frame 750
Olof-ors, Mans; Nivarthi, PhaniThomson Reuters Global ResourcesAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49474, frame 272
Howald, BlakeThomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49474, frame 396
Hertz, Shai; Weinreb, Enav; Hazai, Oren; Lindman, YaelThomson Reuters (Israel) LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49474, frame 409
Horrell, GeoffReuters LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49474, frame 471
Reuters LimitedThomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49474, frame 540
Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLCThomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49474, frame 579
Thomson Reuters Israel Ltd.Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49475, frame 519
Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.Thomson Reuters (GRC) LLCChange of Name
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 49475, frame 548
Thomson Reuters (GRC) LLCRefinitiv US Organization LLCChange of Name
Jun 14, 2019
Reel 51323, frame 360
Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyThomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 16, 2019
Reel 50073, frame 906
Refinitiv US Organization LLC (Formerly Known as Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.)Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 16, 2019
Reel 50078, frame 948
Refinitiv US Organization LLC (Formerly Known as Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.)Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 29, 2021
Reel 55085, frame 966
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentRefinitiv US Organization LLC (F/K/A Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jan 29, 2021
Reel 55086, frame 11
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Notes Collateral AgentRefinitiv US Organization LLC (F/K/A Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.)Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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