Also listed on Prepaid Text, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 18, 2018 (Topping, Dana).
Term ends Dec 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2028
Held by RCS IP, LLC
Filed May 5, 2016 as application 15/147,837 · Granted Apr 9, 2019
Base term plus 106 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2008
Dec 23, 2008
Term ends
Dec 23, 2028
Dec 23, 2028
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Apr 9, 2019
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
106
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 8,700,072, US 9,049,163, US 9,356,900.
1 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.
6
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 106 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Dec 23, 2008, when application 12/342,838, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2016) | Dec 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +106 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 8, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,700,072, US 9,049,163, US 9,356,900) | capped to Dec 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,700,072 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,049,163 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,356,900 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 10,257,148 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| Application 16/356,202 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,999,233 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
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 5, 2016 Reel 38482, frame 503 | Pascal, Kristin Marie; Klonsky, Andrew Evan; Bailey, Matthew James | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2017 Reel 42445, frame 717 | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Textsoft LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2018 Reel 44956, frame 221 | Textsoft LLC | Smith Tempel Blaha LLC | Lien |
| Feb 23, 2018 Reel 45014, frame 161 | Textsoft, LLC | Prepaid Text, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45322, frame 303 | Prepaid Text, LLC | Nim Sar | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2018 Reel 47089, frame 133 | Textsoft, Inc.; Demattei, Mark; Textsoft LLC | Topping, Dana | Lien |
| May 11, 2018 Reel 46128, frame 96 | Smith Tempel Blaha LLC | Textsoft LLC | Release of Lien |
| Jun 26, 2018 Reel 46298, frame 114 | Prepaid Text, LLC | RCS IP, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 045322 Frame 0303. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the New Assignment Conveying Party Prepaid Text, LLC. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 23, 2028.
Note
The 106 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 8,700,072, US 9,049,163, US 9,356,900.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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.