Collateral for a security interest recorded May 23, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 24, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 18, 2028
Held by DocuSign, Inc.
Filed Jun 24, 2009 as application 12/490,602 · Granted Feb 18, 2014
Base term plus 1010 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2008
Jul 18, 2008
Term ends
Apr 24, 2031
Apr 24, 2031
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Feb 18, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,010
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.
7
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 1010 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 Jul 18, 2008, when application 12/176,265, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2009) | Jul 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1010 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 24, 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 | Apr 24, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,949,706 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/070566 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,655,961 | this patent Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/039768 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,634,975 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 10,198,418 | Surrendered on reissue Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US RE50,142 | In force May 2030 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2009 Reel 22867, frame 499 | McCabe, Andrew David; Gonser, Thomas H., JR. | DocuSign, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2012 Reel 27930, frame 648 | DocuSign, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Mar 27, 2014 Reel 32547, frame 640 | DocuSign, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | First Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 11, 2015 Reel 35625, frame 517 | Silicon Valley Bank | DocuSign, Inc. | Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 12, 2015 Reel 35638, frame 488 | DocuSign, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 54943, frame 358 | DocuSign, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 22, 2025 Reel 71337, frame 148 | Bank Of America, N.a. | DocuSign, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (054943/0358) |
| May 23, 2025 Reel 71337, frame 240 | DocuSign, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 18, 2025 Reel 71759, frame 390 | Silicon Valley Bank | DocuSign, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2031
Term ends Apr 24, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1010 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
85
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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.