Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 31, 2025 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Jun 9, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 8, 2030
Held by Par Systems, LLC
Filed Oct 8, 2010 as application 12/900,934 · Granted Mar 10, 2015
Base term plus 975 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2033
Clock starts
Oct 8, 2010
Oct 8, 2010
Term ends
Jun 9, 2033
Jun 9, 2033
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015
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
975
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.
3
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 975 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 Oct 8, 2010, when this application, 12/900,934, was filed | Oct 8, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +975 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 9, 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 | Jun 9, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/250,285 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/266,374 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,973,768 | this patent Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2011 Reel 25702, frame 258 | Marrinan, Thomas E.; De Jouy, Come Rene-bazin; Jung, Thomas E. | Par Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2017 Reel 44011, frame 932 | Par Systems, Inc. | The Prudential Insurance Company of America, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45680, frame 151 | Par Systems, Inc. | Par Systems, LLC | Certificate of Conversion |
| Aug 28, 2018 Reel 46724, frame 692 | Par Systems, LLC; Oakriver Technology, LLC; I-Stir Technology, LLC | The Prudential Insurance Company of America, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 Reel 70076, frame 289 | Par Systems, LLC; Jered LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 Reel 70080, frame 327 | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Par Systems Group, LLC; Oakriver Technology, LLC; I-Stir Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Par Systems Group, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | Oakriver Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 31, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | I-Stir Technology, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2033
Term ends Jun 9, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 975 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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