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Term ends Mar 22, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Sep 6, 2019 as application 16/562,763 · Granted Jun 1, 2021
Base term plus 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2014
Term ends
Mar 22, 2034
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
base term patent term adjustment 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
88
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 10,410,285.
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.
2
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 88 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 31, 2014, when application 14/170,191, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 6, 2019)Jan 31, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+88 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 29, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,410,285)capped to Mar 22, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 22, 2034High confidence

This family

US 10,410,285In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
US 11,023,973this patent
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
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
Feb 27, 2021
Reel 55438, frame 11
Køber, Magnus E.; Hjelle, Geir ArneThomson Reuters (Markets) Norge AsEmployment Agreement
Feb 27, 2021
Reel 55438, frame 392
Thomson Reuters (Markets) Norge AsThomson Reuters Global Resources (TRGR)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2021
Reel 55438, frame 396
Thomson Reuters Global Resources (TRGR)Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyChange of Name
Feb 27, 2021
Reel 55438, frame 405
Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.Thomson Reuters (GRC) LLCChange of Name
Feb 27, 2021
Reel 55438, frame 408
Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited CompanyThomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2021
Reel 55438, frame 430
Thomson Reuters (GRC) LLCRefinitiv US Organization LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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