Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 11, 2026 (Macquarie Equipment Capital Inc.).
Term ends Aug 13, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 13, 2032
Held by GL IP Protect LLC
Filed Jan 24, 2014 as application 14/163,820 · Granted Feb 9, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Aug 13, 2012
Aug 13, 2012
Term ends
Aug 13, 2032
Aug 13, 2032
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Feb 9, 2016
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,675,731, to Aug 13, 2032. 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Aug 13, 2012, when application 13/584,005, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 24, 2014) | Aug 13, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,675,731) | resolves to Aug 13, 2032, 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 | Aug 13, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,675,731 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,258,389 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,333,547 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2014 Reel 32268, frame 617 | Kalevo, Ossi; Kärkkäinen, Tuomas | Gurulogic Microsystems Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2026 Reel 74092, frame 232 | Gurulogic Microsystems Oy | GL IP Protect LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2026 Reel 75366, frame 123 | GL IP Protect LLC | Unity Master LLC Series XIX | Security Interest |
| Sep 11, 2026 Reel 76482, frame 384 | Qord IP Protection LLC; Capricode IP Protection LLC; VDT IP Protection LLC; Nixu FL IP Protection LLC; NTSK IP Protection LLC; Sim IP HXR LLC; Friendship IP Protection LLC; GL IP Protect LLC; Powerbridge IP Protection LLC; Sforce IP Protection LLC | Macquarie Equipment Capital Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 13, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,675,731, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
127
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.