Term ended Jan 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 29, 2024
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jun 22, 2026.
Held by West Technology Group, LLC
Filed Sep 30, 2008 as application 12/241,140 · Granted May 20, 2014
Base term plus 669 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jan 27, 2026
2004
2026
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2004
Mar 29, 2004
Term ended
Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026
Granted
May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
669
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 7,474,634, to Jan 27, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
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 669 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. 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 Mar 29, 2004, when application 10/812,854, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2008) | Mar 29, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +669 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,474,634) | resolves to Jan 27, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jun 22, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,474,634 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,731,168 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,929,530 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,148,517 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 9,762,735 | Term ended Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
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 16, 2010 Reel 24244, frame 216 | Intercall, Inc.; Intrado, Inc.; West Corporation; West Direct, LLC; West Notifications Group, Inc. | Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 20, 2016 Reel 39093, frame 944 | West Corporation; West Interactive Services Corporation; West Safety Services, Inc.; West Unified Communications Services, Inc.; Reliance Communications, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2017 Reel 44166, frame 901 | West Corporation | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents (First Lien) |
| May 1, 2018 Reel 46046, frame 547 | U.S. Bank National Association | West Corporation; West Interactive Services Corporation; West Safety Services, Inc.; West Unified Communications Services, Inc.; Reliance Communications, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | West Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | West Interactive Services Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | West Safety Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | West Unified Communications Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Reliance Communications, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 Reel 62201, frame 960 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association | Intercall, Inc.; Intrado Inc.; West Corporation; West Direct, LLC; West Notifications Group, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association | Intercall, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association | Intrado Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association | West Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association | West Direct, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association | West Notifications Group, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2023 Reel 62571, frame 18 | CX360, Inc.; West Technology Group, LLC (FKA Intrado Corporation, FKA West Corporation); Intrado Interactive Services Corporation (FKA West Interactive Services Corporation, FKA Cobalt Acquisition Company) | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest (Second Lien) in Patents |
| Apr 3, 2023 Reel 63239, frame 876 | Intrado Corporation | West Technology Group, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 3, 2023 Reel 63239, frame 900 | West Corporation | Intrado Corporation | Change of Name |
| Nov 25, 2024 Reel 69438, frame 775 | UBS AG, Stamford Branch (as Successor to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent) | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Successor Collateral Agent | Omnibus Assignment of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Jul 14, 2026 Reel 75975, frame 65 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Televox, Inc. (FKA Intrado Interactive Services Corporation); West Technology Group, LLC | Notice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Televox, Inc. (FKA Intrado Interactive Services Corporation) | Notice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 14, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | West Technology Group, LLC | Notice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 7, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | West Corporation | Notice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 7, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | West Technology Group, LLC | Notice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 7, 2026 Reel 76640, frame 108 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | West Corporation; West Technology Group, LLC | Notice of Partial Release of Security Interest in Patents |
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Note
The 669 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 7,474,634, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
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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