Term ends Jan 20, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2032
Held by Velos Media, LLC
Filed Feb 12, 2018 as application 15/894,085 · Granted Aug 11, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
Term ends
Jan 20, 2032
Jan 20, 2032
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 20, 2012, when application 13/354,465, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2018) | Jan 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Jan 20, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,008,184 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,900,622 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,743,028 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 11,786,596 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 12,186,395 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 12,795,131 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application 90/016,600 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2018 Reel 44898, frame 287 | Wang, Jing; Yu, Xiang; He, Dake | Slipstream Data Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2018 Reel 44898, frame 363 | Slipstream Data Inc. | Research in Motion Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2018 Reel 45335, frame 614 | Research in Motion Limited | BlackBerry Limited | Change of Name |
| Nov 16, 2018 Reel 47525, frame 606 | BlackBerry Limited | Velos Media, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 20, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2020 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.