Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 7, 2020 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ended Jul 7, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 7, 2026
Held by Sermo, Inc.
Filed Sep 12, 2011 as application 13/199,886 · Granted Jan 7, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 7, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2006
Jul 7, 2006
Term ended
Jul 7, 2026
Jul 7, 2026
Granted
Jan 7, 2014
Jan 7, 2014
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,019,637, to Jul 7, 2026. 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.
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. 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 were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jul 7, 2006, when application 11/482,523, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2011) | Jul 7, 2026 | 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 8,019,637) | resolves to Jul 7, 2026, 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 7, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,019,637 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,626,561 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Application 14/148,136 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 1, 2013 Reel 30326, frame 719 | Palestrant, Daniel; Gardner, Graham S. | Sermo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53140, frame 425 | Worldone, Inc.; Sermo, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 Reel 65369, frame 845 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 Reel 65370, frame 170 | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Sermo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 27, 2026 Reel 73922, frame 893 | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Capital One, National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2026 Reel 75025, frame 873 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Worldone, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 5, 2026 Reel 73978, frame 387 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,019,637, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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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