Term ends Nov 20, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2034
Filed Nov 21, 2014 as application 14/550,406 · Granted Oct 22, 2019
Base term plus 1095 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2037
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2014
Nov 21, 2014
Term ends
Nov 20, 2037
Nov 20, 2037
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Oct 22, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,095
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 1095 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 Nov 21, 2014, when this application, 14/550,406, was filed | Nov 21, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1095 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 2037 | 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 20, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/046,406 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,448,867 | this patent Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 9,795,324 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application 14/610,589 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2015/048612 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/791,196 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/657,982 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2014 Reel 34252, frame 560 | Sales, Jay William; Klosinski, Richard Chester, JR.; Workman, Matthew Allen; Murphy, Meghan Kathleen; Steen, Matthew David | Vision Service Plan | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62244, frame 385 | Vision Service Plan | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2037
Term ends Nov 20, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1095 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.