Term ends Jul 17, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 18, 2028
Held by DocuSign, Inc.
Filed Feb 12, 2014 as application 14/179,507 · Granted Apr 25, 2017
Base term plus 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2008
Jul 18, 2008
Term ends
Jul 17, 2029
Jul 17, 2029
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Apr 25, 2017
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
364
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 8,655,961, to Jul 17, 2029. 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.
7
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 364 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 Jul 18, 2008, when application 12/176,265, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2014) | Jul 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +364 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,655,961) | resolves to Jul 17, 2029, 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 | Jul 17, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,949,706 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/070566 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,655,961 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2010/039768 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,634,975 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 10,198,418 | Surrendered on reissue Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US RE50,142 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 11, 2021 Reel 54943, frame 358 | DocuSign, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 22, 2025 Reel 71337, frame 148 | Bank Of America, N.a. | DocuSign, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents (054943/0358) |
| May 23, 2025 Reel 71337, frame 240 | DocuSign, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 17, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 364 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 8,655,961, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2017 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.