Term ends May 13, 2030 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 18, 2028
Reissue of US 10,198,418, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.
Held by DocuSign, Inc.
Filed Oct 22, 2020 as application 17/077,551 · Granted Sep 24, 2024
Base term plus 664 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2008
Jul 18, 2008
Term ends
May 13, 2030
May 13, 2030
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Sep 24, 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
664
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 (Feb 5, 2019). 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 664 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.
| 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 Oct 22, 2020) | Jul 18, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment | follows the original patent | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +664 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 none | May 13, 2030 | Medium 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, 2030 | Low 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 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 10,198,418 | Surrendered on reissue Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US RE50,142 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 Reel 71337, frame 240 | DocuSign, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 13, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 664 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.