Term ends Dec 27, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 23, 2032
Held by MCB Bermuda Ltd.
Filed Dec 18, 2014 as application 13/982,950 · Granted Jul 26, 2022
Base term plus 917 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2012
Jun 23, 2012
Term ends
Dec 27, 2034
Dec 27, 2034
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Jul 26, 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
917
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.
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 917 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 23, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/043905, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2014) | Jun 23, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +917 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 27, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 27, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,397,996 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 12,586,043 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
2 of 3 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2014 Reel 33061, frame 310 | Chevalier, Thomas, 08; Mund, Matthew; Dellovo, Dee; Ince, Kristi | Monster Worldwide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2014 Reel 34114, frame 765 | Monster Worldwide, Inc.; Gozaik LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 1, 2014 Reel 34291, frame 884 | Ince, Kristi; Dellovo, Dee; Chevalier, Thomas; Mund, Matthew | Monster Worldwide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 17, 2024 Reel 68610, frame 413 | Monster Worldwide, LLC (F/K/A: Monster Worldwide, Inc.) | Randstad MWW Solutions Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 17, 2024 Reel 68974, frame 543 | Monster Worldwide, Inc. | Monster Worldwide, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 73303, frame 55 | Monster Worldwide, LLC | MCB Bermuda Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 27, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 917 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
214
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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