Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 5, 2024 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 24, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 18, 2036
Held by 8X8, Inc.
Filed Dec 13, 2016 as application 15/377,778 · Granted Aug 21, 2018
Base term plus 52 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2016
Aug 18, 2016
Term ends
Aug 24, 2036
Aug 24, 2036
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 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
52
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,122,682.
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.
42
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 52 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Aug 18, 2016, when applications 15/240,391 and 15/240,457, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2016) | Aug 18, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +52 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 9, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,122,682) | capped to Aug 24, 2036 | 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 | Aug 24, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,404,759 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 10,135,974 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,027,624 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,122,682 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,057,412 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 10,165,114 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,044,365 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 10,348,902 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
8 of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2018 Reel 45571, frame 160 | Salour, Mehdi; Liu, Zhishen; Glynn, Oisin; Stewart, Ona | 8X8, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2022 Reel 61085, frame 861 | 8X8, Inc.; Fuze, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jan 26, 2024 Reel 66383, frame 936 | 8X8, Inc.; Fuze, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Numbers Section to Remove Application Numbers 11265423, 11252205, 11240370, 11252276, and 11297182 Previously Recorded on Reel 061085 Frame 0861. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Intellectual Property Security Agreement. |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68327, frame 819 | 8X8, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68328, frame 569 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | 8X8, Inc.; Fuze, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | 8X8, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Fuze, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 24, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 52 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,122,682.
Citations
15
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.