Term ends Feb 16, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 31, 2033
Held by Altria Client Services LLC
Filed Jan 31, 2013 as application 13/756,127 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term plus 381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2013
Jan 31, 2013
Term ends
Feb 16, 2034
Feb 16, 2034
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 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
381
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
33
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 381 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jan 31, 2013, when this application, 13/756,127, was filed | Jan 31, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +381 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 2034 | 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 | Feb 16, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,282,772 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 9,326,547 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 9,854,839 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 9,510,623 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 8,997,754 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,004,073 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US 9,474,306 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| Application 15/049,573 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 33 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 25, 2014 Reel 33394, frame 517 | Tucker, Christopher S.; Jordan, Geoffrey Brandon; Smith, Barry S.; Rostami, Ali A.; Glenn, Charles E.B., SR | Altria Client Services Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2015 Reel 36422, frame 279 | Altria Client Services Inc.; Altria Client Services LLC | Altria Client Services LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 16, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 381 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
518
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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
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