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US 9,536,258 In force
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Term ends Apr 22, 2033 · Low confidence

Filed Jun 28, 2015 as application 14/753,005 · Granted Jan 3, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Apr 22, 2013
Term ends
Apr 22, 2033
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
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 8,811,794, US 9,123,073, to Apr 22, 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.
19
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: Low. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 22, 2013, when application 13/868,031, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 28, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 22, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,811,794, US 9,123,073)resolves to Apr 22, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 14462366, 14080796, 13868031, 14306179Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 22, 2033Low confidence

This family

US 8,756,110In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
US 10,489,848In force
Dec 2035
Dec 2035
Application PCT/US2013/052150PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,811,794Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 10,121,183In force
Apr 2035
Apr 2035
Application 14/306,179Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,123,073In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
US 9,536,258this patent
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
8 of 19 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 1, 2015
Reel 35989, frame 210
Traina Interactive Corp.Triplepoint Capital LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 2, 2018
Reel 46700, frame 401
Triplepoint Capital LLCTraina Interactive Corp.Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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