Term ends Aug 17, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 3, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by BGC Partners, Inc.
Filed Jul 8, 2013 as application 13/936,789 · Granted Aug 27, 2019
Base term plus 1110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Aug 3, 2006
Aug 3, 2006
Term ends
Aug 17, 2029
Aug 17, 2029
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Aug 27, 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
1,110
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 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 1110 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 3, 2006, when application 11/499,496, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 8, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1110 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 17, 2029 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 17, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,484,122 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,395,310 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 11,094,004 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,651,423 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 18/144,914 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,602,723 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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 2029
Term ends Aug 17, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1110 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
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.