Term ends Jun 10, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2032
Held by Auction.com, LLC
Filed Jun 5, 2015 as application 14/732,595 · Granted Sep 17, 2019
Base term plus 905 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2012
Dec 17, 2012
Term ends
Jun 10, 2035
Jun 10, 2035
Granted
Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 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
905
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.
4
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 905 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 Dec 17, 2012, when application 13/717,656, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 5, 2015) | Dec 17, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +905 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 10, 2035 | 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 | Jun 10, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,947,041 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,417,697 | this patent Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,217,161 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,592,977 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2015 Reel 35900, frame 889 | Hudson, James; Dever, Nathaniel | Auction.com, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2016 Reel 37865, frame 609 | Ten-X, LLC (Formerly Known as Auction.com, LLC) | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 23, 2017 Reel 41797, frame 120 | Auction.com, LLC | Ten-X, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 44049, frame 443 | Ten-X, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44173, frame 193 | Suntrust Bank | Ten-X, LLC | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 037865/0609 |
| May 2, 2019 Reel 49079, frame 810 | Ten-X, LLC | Auction.com, LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 27, 2024 Reel 68789, frame 147 | Ten-X, LLC | Auction.com, LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2035
Term ends Jun 10, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 905 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.