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Methods and Apparatus for Encrypting, Storing, And/Or Sharing Sensitive Data

US 11,171,779 In force
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Term ends Jul 16, 2040 · High confidence

Held by Onfido Limited
Filed Nov 15, 2019 as application 16/685,180 · Granted Nov 9, 2021
Base term plus 244 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2040
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2019
Term ends
Jul 16, 2040
Granted
Nov 9, 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
244
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 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 15, 2019, when this application, 16/685,180, was filedNov 15, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+244 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 16, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 16, 2040High confidence

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