Term ends May 5, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 5, 2029
Held by Oracle America, Inc.
Filed Nov 2, 2011 as application 13/287,274 · Granted Oct 23, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
May 5, 2009
May 5, 2009
Term ends
May 5, 2029
May 5, 2029
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Oct 23, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 5, 2009, when application 12/435,751, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2011) | May 5, 2029 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 5, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,751,628 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,296,427 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,942,228 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2017 Reel 42120, frame 590 | Suboti LLC; Lipari, Paul | APRFSH17, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hauser, Robert R. | Suboti LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Hauser, Robert R. | Lipari, Paul | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 1, 2017 Reel 42192, frame 327 | 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
May 2029
Term ends May 5, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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