Term ends Nov 29, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 24, 2032
Held by 9224-5489 Quebec Inc.
Filed Sep 24, 2012 as application 13/624,996 · Granted May 14, 2019
Base term plus 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2012
Sep 24, 2012
Term ends
Nov 29, 2033
Nov 29, 2033
Granted
May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
431
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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 431 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Sep 24, 2012, when this application, 13/624,996, was filed | Sep 24, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +431 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 2033 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 29, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/538,879 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,289,657 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 9,613,167 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 10,558,733 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 11,281,843 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Application 16/664,887 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,080,465 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
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 8, 2013 Reel 30168, frame 273 | Audet, Mathieu | 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2019 Reel 48929, frame 862 | Cassistat, Francois, MR | 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| May 4, 2019 Reel 49086, frame 791 | Maya-Systems Inc. | Maya-Systems Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jun 19, 2019 Reel 51489, frame 698 | Maya-Systems Inc. | 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Jun 29, 2019 Reel 50133, frame 885 | Maya-Systems Inc. | 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 049086 Frame: 0791. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment. |
| Nov 4, 2019 Reel 50917, frame 626 | Audet, Mathieu, MR | 9224-5489 Quebec Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 29, 2033.
Note
The 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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