Term ends Jul 13, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2032
Held by Auction.com, LLC
Filed Dec 17, 2012 as application 13/717,656 · Granted Apr 17, 2018
Base term plus 938 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2012
Dec 17, 2012
Term ends
Jul 13, 2035
Jul 13, 2035
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018
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
938
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.
4
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 938 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 Dec 17, 2012, when this application, 13/717,656, was filed | Dec 17, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +938 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 13, 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 | Jul 13, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,947,041 | this patent Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,417,697 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,217,161 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,592,977 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2012 Reel 29490, frame 861 | Friedman, Robert | Auction.com, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 15, 2013 Reel 31030, frame 678 | Auction.com, LLC | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 14, 2016 Reel 38992, frame 599 | Auction.com, LLC | Ten-X, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 44049, frame 443 | Ten-X, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44170, frame 849 | Suntrust Bank | Ten-X, LLC (Formerly Known as Auction.com, LLC) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 031030/0678 |
| Feb 13, 2019 Reel 48720, frame 595 | Ten-X, LLC | Auction.com, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2035
Term ends Jul 13, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 938 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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