Term ends Oct 7, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 26, 2029
Held by Nant Holdings IP, LLC
Filed Apr 26, 2009 as application 12/430,099 · Granted Sep 17, 2013
Base term plus 529 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2009
Apr 26, 2009
Term ends
Oct 7, 2030
Oct 7, 2030
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 2013
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
529
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,804,790, to Oct 7, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
12
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 529 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Apr 26, 2009, when this application, 12/430,099, was filed | Apr 26, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +529 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 7, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,804,790) | resolves to Oct 7, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 7, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,804,790 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,537,878 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,094,108 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,386,904 | In force no later than Dec 2031 | no later than Dec 2031 |
| US 8,401,056 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,352,846 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,369,451 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,774,318 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2010 Reel 24355, frame 152 | Lakkis, Ismail | Tensorcom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2012 Reel 28183, frame 706 | Tensorcom, Inc. | Hipo, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2012 Reel 28939, frame 107 | Hipo, LLC | Adeptence, LLC | Change of Name |
| May 4, 2015 Reel 35559, frame 156 | Adeptence, LLC | Nant Holdings IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 7, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 529 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,804,790, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.