Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2025 (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas).
Term ends May 13, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 2, 2031
Held by Asurion, LLC
Filed Jan 16, 2014 as application 14/157,462 · Granted May 29, 2018
Base term plus 711 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2011
Jun 2, 2011
Term ends
May 13, 2033
May 13, 2033
Granted
May 29, 2018
May 29, 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
711
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 711 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 Jun 2, 2011, when application 13/152,141, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 16, 2014) | Jun 2, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +711 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 13, 2033 | 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 | May 13, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,635,092 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,984,416 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,853,885 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 11,651,440 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2015 Reel 36632, frame 356 | Asurion, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Sep 21, 2015 Reel 36640, frame 871 | Asurion, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Apr 4, 2018 Reel 45439, frame 363 | Wooldridge, Carl; Johnson, Brian; Anton, JR., Francis; Pittman, Jeffrey | Asurion Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2018 Reel 45856, frame 331 | Asurion Corporation | Asurion, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 6, 2018 Reel 46772, frame 872 | Wooldridge, Carl; Johnson, Brian; Anton, JR., Francis; Pittman, Jeffrey | Asurion Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's State of Incorporation from Tennessee to Delaware Previously Recorded on Reel 045439 Frame 0363. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 15, 2018 Reel 46366, frame 474 | Wooldridge, Carl; Johnson, Brian; Anton, JR., Francis; Pittman, Jeffrey | Asurion Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's State of Incorporation from Tennessee to Delaware Previously Recorded at Reel: 045439 Frame: 0363. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 19, 2025 Reel 73275, frame 401 | Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 73643, frame 1 | Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 13, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 711 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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.
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.