Term ends Jun 12, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2034
Held by Utilidata, Inc.
Filed Jan 9, 2015 as application 14/593,558 · Granted Jun 20, 2017
Base term plus 408 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014
Term ends
Jun 12, 2035
Jun 12, 2035
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Jun 20, 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
408
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.
2
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 408 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 Apr 30, 2014, when application 14/266,509, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 9, 2015) | Apr 30, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +408 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 12, 2035 | 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 | Jun 12, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,933,585 | In force (reinstated) Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,685,787 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2015 Reel 35929, frame 104 | Bell, David | Utilidata, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2020 Reel 52701, frame 749 | Utilidata, Inc. | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2021 Reel 57734, frame 433 | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Utilidata, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 12, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 408 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.