Term ends Jul 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 5, 2029
Held by Oracle America, Inc.
Filed Sep 10, 2014 as application 14/482,429 · Granted Feb 14, 2023
Base term plus 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
Term ends
Jul 10, 2029
Jul 10, 2029
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Feb 14, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
66
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 66 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 May 5, 2009, when application 12/435,740, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 10, 2014) | May 5, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +66 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 2029 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,832,257 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,838,786 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 11,582,139 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hauser, Robert R. | Suboti LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hauser, Robert R. | Lipari, Paul | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2017 Reel 42120, frame 590 | Suboti LLC; Lipari, Paul | APRFSH17, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 21, 2017 Reel 42120, frame 547 | Hauser, Robert R. | Suboti LLC; Lipari, Paul | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 20, 2017 Reel 43268, frame 275 | APRFSH17, LLC | Moat, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2017 Reel 43288, frame 748 | Moat, Inc. | Oracle America, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 66 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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