Term ends Jul 29, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 29, 2034
Held by Aegys, LLC
Filed Jul 30, 2014 as application 14/446,589 · Granted Jun 26, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2014
Jul 29, 2014
Term ends
Jul 29, 2034
Jul 29, 2034
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
122
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Jul 29, 2014, when application 14/445,268, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2014) | Jul 29, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 29, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,883,511 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,559,874 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,882,675 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,313,020 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 9,226,304 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,407,306 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| Application 14/445,268 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,006,246 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
8 of 122 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2014 Reel 33571, frame 887 | Blackler, Stephen F.; Barwick, Joseph R. | Aegys, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 29, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.