Term ends Apr 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 14, 2028
Held by ST Portfolio Holdings, LLC
Filed Dec 3, 2013 as application 14/095,113 · Granted Nov 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2008
Apr 14, 2008
Term ends
Apr 14, 2028
Apr 14, 2028
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 13, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,611,560, to Apr 14, 2028. 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.
15
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 Apr 14, 2008, when application 12/102,555, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 3, 2013) | Apr 14, 2028 | 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 8,611,560) | resolves to Apr 14, 2028, 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 | Apr 14, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,611,560 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,625,819 | In force no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2008/069429 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,382,853 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 10,129,624 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 9,204,214 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,706,280 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 10,051,365 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2014 Reel 32189, frame 304 | Personics Holdings, Inc. | Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2014 Reel 34170, frame 933 | Personics Holdings, LLC | DM Staton Family Limited Partnership (as Assignee of Maria B. Staton) | Security Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 Reel 46617, frame 524 | Goldstein, Steven | Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 Reel 47282, frame 609 | Usher, John | Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Usher, John | Personics Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Usher, John | Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Goldstein, Steven | Personics Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Goldstein, Steven | Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47213, frame 1 | Usher, John | Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47213, frame 128 | DM Staton Family Limited Partnership | Staton Techiya, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47785, frame 150 | Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLC | DM Staton Family Limited Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Usher, John | Personics Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Usher, John | Personics Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2018 Reel 47137, frame 755 | Boillot, Marc | Personics Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 13, 2018 Reel 47509, frame 264 | Personics Holdings, Inc.; Personics Holdings, LLC | DM Staton Family Limited Partnership | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67803, frame 308 | Staton Techiya, LLC | ST Portfolio Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2024 Reel 67803, frame 398 | ST Portfolio Holdings, LLC | ST CASE1TECH, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2026 Reel 75533, frame 472 | ST CASE1TECH, LLC; ST Casestech, LLC; ST Famtech, LLC; ST R&DTECH, LLC; ST Tiptech, LLC; ST Sealtech, LLC; ST Biotech, LLC; ST Eartech, LLC; ST Detecttech, LLC; ST Vrtech, LLC; ST Awaretech, LLC; CASES2TECH, LLC | ST Portfolio Holdings, LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,611,560, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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