Term ends Feb 26, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 2, 2030
Held by Prove Identity, Inc.
Filed Nov 2, 2010 as application 12/938,245 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term plus 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Nov 2, 2010
Nov 2, 2010
Term ends
Feb 26, 2031
Feb 26, 2031
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 25, 2012
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
116
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
28
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 116 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 2, 2010, when this application, 12/938,245, was filed | Nov 2, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +116 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 26, 2031 | 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 | Feb 26, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,341,236 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,458,774 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,549,601 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,806,592 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,789,153 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/022482 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/022486 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/023525 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2016 Reel 37764, frame 522 | Ganesan, Ravi | 3PTALK Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2016 Reel 38169, frame 1 | 3PTALK Inc. | Early Warning Services, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2020 Reel 52984, frame 61 | Payfone, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53148, frame 191 | Early Warning Services, LLC | Payfone, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 28, 2024 Reel 67556, frame 31 | Payfone, Inc. | Prove Identity, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 26, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2012 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.