Term ends Jul 16, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 1, 2029
Held by Refinitiv US Organization LLC
Filed Dec 1, 2009 as application 12/628,426 · Granted Sep 28, 2021
Base term plus 227 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2009
Dec 1, 2009
Term ends
Jul 16, 2030
Jul 16, 2030
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Sep 28, 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
227
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 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.
9
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 227 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Dec 1, 2009, when this application, 12/628,426, was filed | Dec 1, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +227 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 2030 | 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 | Jul 16, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,132,748 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| Application 13/337,662 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/337,703 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/423,127 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/423,134 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/594,864 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,262,283 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| Application 15/207,464 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2010 Reel 23955, frame 756 | Leidner, Jochen Lothar; Schilder, Frank | West Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 18, 2010 Reel 23955, frame 836 | West Services, Inc. | Thomson Reuters Global Resources | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2017 Reel 44263, frame 601 | Thomson Reuters Global Resources | Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited Company | Change of Name |
| Oct 2, 2018 Reel 47185, frame 215 | Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2018 Reel 47187, frame 316 | Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc. | Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 14, 2018 Reel 48553, frame 154 | Thomson Reuters Global Resources Unlimited Company | Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2018 Reel 47955, frame 485 | Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc. | Thomson Reuters (GRC) LLC | Change of Name |
| Mar 22, 2019 Reel 48676, frame 377 | Thomson Reuters (GRC) LLC | Refinitiv US Organization LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55174, frame 811 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Notes Collateral Agent | Refinitiv US Organization LLC (F/K/A Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55174, frame 836 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Refinitiv US Organization LLC (F/K/A Thomson Reuters (GRC) Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 16, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 227 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
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