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System and Method for Automatically Correlating Geologic Tops

US 10,459,098 In force
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Term ends Sep 2, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Apr 16, 2014 as application 14/254,718 · Granted Oct 29, 2019
Base term plus 1235 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2037
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2014
Term ends
Sep 2, 2037
Granted
Oct 29, 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
1,235
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.
3
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This patent's term runs 1235 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 16, 2014, when this application, 14/254,718, was filedApr 16, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1235 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 2, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 2, 2037High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 19, 2014
Reel 33777, frame 694
Grant, Chris; Witte, DeanDrilling Info, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 6, 2016
Reel 40537, frame 831
Drilling Info, Inc.Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 31, 2018
Reel 46508, frame 784
Golub Capital Markets LLC (F/K/A Gci Capital Markets LLC), as Administrative AgentDrilling Info, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 31, 2018
Reel 46672, frame 947
Drilling Info, Inc.Golub Capital Markets LLC, as AgentFirst Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Aug 1, 2018
Reel 46527, frame 532
Globalview Software, Inc.; Drilling Info, Inc.DBD Credit Funding LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 28, 2021
Reel 57968, frame 816
Drilling Info, Inc.Enverus, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 22, 2023
Reel 65943, frame 580
DBD Credit Funding LLCGlobalview Software, Inc.; Drilling Info, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 22, 2023
Reel 65943, frame 954
Enverus, Inc.Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 22, 2023
Reel 66122, frame 466
Golub Capital Markets LLC, as AgentDrilling Info, Inc.Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents at R/F 046672/0947
Dec 22, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
DBD Credit Funding LLCGlobalview Software, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 22, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
DBD Credit Funding LLCDrilling Info, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 18, 2025
Reel 73262, frame 41
Enverus, Inc.Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 29, 2025
Reel 74103, frame 381
Golub Capital Markets LLCEnverus, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 065943/0954)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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