Term ends Dec 16, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2034
Held by Amdocs Development Limited
Filed Dec 16, 2014 as application 14/572,723 · Granted Oct 4, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2014
Dec 16, 2014
Term ends
Dec 16, 2034
Dec 16, 2034
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Oct 4, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
70
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. 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 Dec 16, 2014, when this application, 14/572,723, was filed | Dec 16, 2034 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Dec 16, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,853,914 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,749,218 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 9,813,335 | In force Jan 2035 | Jan 2035 |
| US 9,460,286 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,430,262 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,384,028 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 9,838,265 | In force Apr 2035 | Apr 2035 |
| US 9,760,428 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
8 of 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2015 Reel 36115, frame 445 | Felstaine, Eyal; Hermoni, Ofer; Sandlerman, Nimrod | Amdocs Software Systems Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2016 Reel 39695, frame 965 | Amdocs Software Systems Limited | Amdocs Development Limited; Amdocs Software Systems Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Amdocs Software Systems Limited | Amdocs Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Amdocs Software Systems Limited | Amdocs Software Systems Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2016 Reel 40257, frame 817 | Amdocs Software Systems Limited; Amdocs Development Limited | Amdocs Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 16, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.