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Term ends Apr 11, 2034 · Low confidence

Reissue of US 9,301,117, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Filed Jan 27, 2023 as application 18/102,592 · Granted Jun 18, 2024
Base term plus 233 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2013
Term ends
Apr 11, 2034
Granted
Jun 18, 2024
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
233
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. 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 the original patent's grant (Mar 29, 2016). 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 233 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Aug 21, 2013, when application 13/972,843, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 27, 2023)Aug 21, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustmentfollows the original patentMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+233 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries noneApr 11, 2034Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 11, 2034Low confidence

This family

US 9,301,117Surrendered on reissue
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
Application PCT/US2014/051952PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US RE50,016this patent
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
Application 90/016,158Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Jan 27, 2023
Reel 62518, frame 121
Leggett, David J.; Maloney, Christopher David; Macdonald, Scott Michael; Hamilton, Mark David; Loberg, Erik Christian; Meng, Chen-lu; Martin, Ken D.Tritech Software SystemsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 2, 2025
Reel 73082, frame 869
Centralsquare Inc.Tritech Software SystemsLicense

Sources

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

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