Term ends Aug 6, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 6, 2027
Held by Nueces Blockchain LLC
Filed Jul 7, 2014 as application 14/325,239 · Granted Sep 18, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2007
Aug 6, 2007
Term ends
Aug 6, 2027
Aug 6, 2027
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,844,003, US 9,195,834, to Aug 6, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
22
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 6, 2007, when application 11/890,408, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2014) | Aug 6, 2027 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,844,003, US 9,195,834) | resolves to Aug 6, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 6, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/890,408 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,844,003 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 9,432,199 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,195,834 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,930,549 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 10,079,823 | this patent Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,348,720 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 10,791,121 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2019 Reel 49287, frame 25 | Ravenwhite Inc. | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75334, frame 716 | Jakobsson, Bjorn Markus | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75334, frame 752 | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Nueces Blockchain 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
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 6, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,844,003, US 9,195,834, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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.