Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 24, 2026 (Western Alliance Bank).
Term ends Mar 1, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 1, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BrightEdge Technologies, Inc.
Filed May 21, 2012 as application 13/476,893 · Granted Mar 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 1, 2012
Mar 1, 2012
Term ends
Mar 1, 2032
Mar 1, 2032
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015
base term
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.
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.
4
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 1, 2012, when application 13/409,730, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 21, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 1, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Mar 1, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,909,651 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,972,275 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/042117 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,275,395 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
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 23, 2012 Reel 28253, frame 811 | Park, Lemuel S.; Yu, Jimmy; Yu, Sammy; Ajoku, Emeka; Ziola, Thomas J. | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2012 Reel 28386, frame 165 | Park, Lemuel S.; Yu, Jimmy; Yu, Sammy; Ajoku, Emeka; Ziola, Thomas J. | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 25, 2024 Reel 69399, frame 371 | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Stifel Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2026 Reel 74728, frame 160 | Stifel Bank | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 24, 2026 Reel 73881, frame 147 | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 1, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
331
later US patents cite this one
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