Term ends Sep 29, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2028
Held by Rakuten Group, Inc.
Filed Dec 14, 2015 as application 14/968,083 · Granted Jul 30, 2019
Base term plus 4 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2008
Sep 25, 2008
Term ends
Sep 29, 2028
Sep 29, 2028
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Jul 30, 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
4
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,251,279, to Sep 29, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 4 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 25, 2008, when application 12/237,983, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2015) | Sep 25, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +4 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 29, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,251,279) | resolves to Sep 29, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 29, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,251,279 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,366,080 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2016 Reel 38313, frame 120 | Mihalik, John L.; Gerace, Thomas A.; Barbour, Russell G.; Meyer, Richard A.; Sandborg, David A.; Bostick, James E.; Wescoe, Kurt F.; Hann, Jennifer R.; Tresch, Timothy R.; Evans, William; Kost, Keith; Sozio, Lauren; Travaline, Patricia; Oliveri, Adam; Jenkins, Ralph; McKenna, David; Garay, Gregory; Shaheen, Michael; Shine, Teresa; Laneave, Carl; Reinard, Aaron | Skyword Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2017 Reel 42930, frame 431 | Skyword Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2017 Reel 44767, frame 789 | Western Alliance Bank | Skyword Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame: 042930/0431 |
| Aug 23, 2019 Reel 50145, frame 13 | Skyword Inc. | Hercules Capital Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 13, 2020 Reel 53122, frame 264 | Hercules Capital Inc., as Agent | Skyword Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2020 Reel 53426, frame 295 | Skyword Inc. | Rakuten, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2021 Reel 58314, frame 657 | Rakuten, Inc. | Rakuten Group, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 29, 2024 Reel 68066, frame 103 | Rakuten, Inc. | Rakuten Group, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent Numbers 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; and 10827591 Previously Recorded at Reel: 58314 Frame: 657. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 29, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 4 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,251,279, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite 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.