Term ends May 5, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 14, 2033
Filed Jan 17, 2015 as application 14/599,492 · Granted Jan 19, 2016
Base term plus 21 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2013
Apr 14, 2013
Term ends
May 5, 2033
May 5, 2033
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Jan 19, 2016
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
21
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,964,593, to May 5, 2033. 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.
41
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 21 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 14, 2013, when application 13/862,425, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2015) | Apr 14, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +21 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 5, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,964,593) | resolves to May 5, 2033, 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 5, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,958,342 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 8,995,381 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 8,989,128 | In force Oct 2033 | Oct 2033 |
| US 8,964,593 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,971,280 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,210,664 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,241,326 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,769,772 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
8 of 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2016 Reel 37593, frame 488 | Dinan, Esmael | Ofinno Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2016 Reel 39709, frame 922 | Ofinno Technologies, LLC | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 5, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 21 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,964,593, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
96
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.