Also listed on Mobile Defense, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 21, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 13, 2033
Held by Assurant, Inc.
Filed Sep 13, 2013 as application 14/026,965 · Granted Sep 11, 2018
Base term plus 464 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Sep 13, 2013
Sep 13, 2013
Term ends
Dec 21, 2034
Dec 21, 2034
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
464
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.
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 464 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 Sep 13, 2013, when this application, 14/026,965, was filed | Sep 13, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +464 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 21, 2034 | 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 | Dec 21, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,073,754 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/055429 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,872,022 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,429,506 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,704,221 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,164,407 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| Application 18/943,497 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2016 Reel 37576, frame 137 | Hurst, Cameron | Assurant, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2016 Reel 38376, frame 488 | Brewer, Dustin; Saunders, Stuart | Mobile Defense, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2019 Reel 48336, frame 638 | Mobile Defense, Inc. | TS Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2019 Reel 48336, frame 841 | TS Holdings, Inc. | Assurant, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 21, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 464 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
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
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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.