Also listed on Phoenix Technologies Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 17, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 1, 2032
Filed Feb 11, 2013 as application 13/763,986 · Granted Aug 18, 2015
Base term plus 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jun 1, 2012
Jun 1, 2012
Term ends
Feb 17, 2033
Feb 17, 2033
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Aug 18, 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
279
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,110,678.
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.
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 279 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 1, 2012, when application 13/486,920, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2013) | Jun 1, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +279 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 7, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,110,678) | capped to Feb 17, 2033 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 17, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/486,920 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,110,679 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,389,878 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2013 Reel 31315, frame 700 | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | IP Security Agreement - Patents |
| Jun 20, 2019 Reel 49544, frame 74 | Chan, Steven; Kikinis, Dan | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2019 Reel 51615, frame 311 | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Change of Address |
| Jan 12, 2021 Reel 54891, frame 928 | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2021 Reel 54893, frame 734 | Phoenix Technologies Ltd. | Santera Emea Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2021 Reel 57199, frame 594 | Santera Emea Ltd. | Phoenix Technologies Emea Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 17, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 279 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,110,678.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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