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US 10,791,121 In force
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Term ends Aug 6, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jul 27, 2018 as application 16/048,082 · Granted Sep 29, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2007
Term ends
Aug 6, 2027
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
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22
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 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 6, 2007, when application 11/890,408, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2018)Aug 6, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 6, 2027High confidence

This family

Application 11/890,408Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,844,003Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
US 9,432,199In force
Aug 2033
Aug 2033
US 9,195,834Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
US 8,930,549Term ended
no later than Oct 2026
no later than Oct 2026
US 10,079,823In force
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
US 10,348,720Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
US 10,791,121this patent
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
8 of 22 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 24, 2019
Reel 49287, frame 25
Ravenwhite Inc.Ravenwhite Security, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 21, 2026
Reel 75334, frame 716
Jakobsson, Bjorn MarkusRavenwhite Security, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2026
Reel 75334, frame 752
Ravenwhite Security, Inc.Nueces Blockchain LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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