Term ends Aug 4, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 4, 2034
Held by Appdirect, Inc.
Filed Dec 12, 2022 as application 18/064,825 · Granted Feb 20, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2014
Aug 4, 2014
Term ends
Aug 4, 2034
Aug 4, 2034
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,755,465, US 11,527,030, to Aug 4, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 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 Aug 4, 2014, when application PCT/NZ2014/000156, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2022) | Aug 4, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,755,465, US 11,527,030) | resolves to Aug 4, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 4, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,181,213 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 10,755,465 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,527,030 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,908,060 | this patent Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2022 Reel 62063, frame 316 | Bullivant, David Peter; Robertson, Paul Burton; Sagar, Mark Andrew | Auckland Uniservices Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2022 Reel 62063, frame 323 | Auckland Uniservices Limited | Soul Machines Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2026 Reel 76077, frame 562 | Soul Machines Limited | Appdirect, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2034
Term ends Aug 4, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,755,465, US 11,527,030, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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