Term ends May 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2029
Filed Jun 29, 2020 as application 16/914,909 · Granted Aug 1, 2023
Base term plus 301 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
Term ends
May 9, 2030
May 9, 2030
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Aug 1, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
301
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,699,279, US 9,367,851.
0 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 301 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 17, 2009, when application 12/561,985, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2020) | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +301 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 15, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,699,279, US 9,367,851) | capped to May 9, 2030 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,367,851 | In force Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,699,279 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,715,115 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2021 Reel 57000, frame 265 | Dale, Ernest James; Eichenser, Barbara Clark | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2024 Reel 68864, frame 208 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. | Merger |
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 9, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 301 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,699,279, US 9,367,851.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.