Term ends Sep 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2033
Held by Vpay, Inc.
Filed Mar 9, 2016 as application 15/065,634 · Granted May 11, 2021
Base term plus 524 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013
Term ends
Sep 16, 2033
Sep 16, 2033
Granted
May 11, 2021
May 11, 2021
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
524
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,694,431.
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 524 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Sep 16, 2013, when application 14/028,040, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2016) | Sep 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +524 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 22, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,694,431) | capped to Sep 16, 2033 | 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 | Sep 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,694,431 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| Application 14/179,132 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 62/038,240 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/827,861 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,004,063 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,663,582 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,775,930 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2016 Reel 38737, frame 905 | Allen, Robert M. | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45425, frame 976 | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Vpay, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 5, 2018 Reel 45449, frame 712 | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Vpay, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 11, 2018 Reel 46676, frame 364 | Vpay, Inc. | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party and Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 045425 Frame: 0976. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Dec 29, 2020 Reel 54861, frame 737 | Vpay, Inc. | BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent | Grant of a Security Interest Patents |
| Jan 21, 2021 Reel 54989, frame 883 | BMO Harris Bank N.A. | Vpay, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 16, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 524 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,694,431.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2021 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.