Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 3, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed Jul 22, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 13, 2030
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Cummins-Allison Corp.
Filed Oct 21, 2013 as application 14/058,950 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 22, 2026
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2010
Apr 13, 2010
No longer in force
Jul 22, 2026
Jul 22, 2026
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Apr 13, 2030
Apr 13, 2030
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 8,594,414, to Apr 13, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Apr 13, 2030: 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. 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 13, 2010, when application 12/758,927, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 21, 2013) | Apr 13, 2030 | 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 8,594,414) | resolves to Apr 13, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 22, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,437,532 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,594,414 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,787,652 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| US 8,948,490 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,189,780 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2013 Reel 31577, frame 631 | Jones, William J.; Csulits, Frank M.; Hallowell, Curtis W.; Mennie, Douglas U.; Anderson, Matthew L.; Klein, Robert J.; Jaeger, Ralf H.; Badalamenti, David R. | Cummins-Allison Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2023 Reel 63237, frame 538 | Crane Holdings, Co.; Crane & Co., Inc.; Crane Payment Innovations, Inc.; Crane Security Technologies, Inc.; Cummins-Allison Corp. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,594,414, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
22
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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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