Also listed on Brightpoint Security, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 3, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 24, 2032
Held by ServiceNow, Inc.
Filed Jul 24, 2012 as application 13/556,553 · Granted Dec 16, 2014
Base term plus 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jul 24, 2012
Jul 24, 2012
Term ends
Sep 3, 2033
Sep 3, 2033
Granted
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014
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
406
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.
21
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 406 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 24, 2012, when this application, 13/556,553, was filed | Jul 24, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +406 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 2033 | 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 | Sep 3, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,914,406 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| Application 13/556,524 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,038,183 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,710,644 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,137,258 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,167,001 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,680,846 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,756,082 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
8 of 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2012 Reel 28628, frame 743 | Haugsnes, Andreas Seip; Hahn, Markus | Vorstack Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2015 Reel 36077, frame 582 | Vorstack Corporation | Brightpoint Security, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 30, 2016 Reel 38925, frame 693 | Haugsnes, Andreas Seip; Hahn, Markus | Vorstack Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignment Document Previously Recorded on Reel 028628 Frame 0743. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 9, 2017 Reel 41212, frame 713 | Brightpoint Security, Inc. | ServiceNow, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 3, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 406 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
205
later US patents cite this one
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