Term ends Jun 13, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2036
Held by Nuix Limited
Filed Apr 18, 2016 as application 15/131,764 · Granted Dec 14, 2021
Base term plus 421 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2016
Apr 18, 2016
Term ends
Jun 13, 2037
Jun 13, 2037
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Dec 14, 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
421
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.
4
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 421 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Apr 18, 2016, when this application, 15/131,764, was filed | Apr 18, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +421 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 13, 2037 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 13, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,200,249 | this patent Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 11,727,029 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| Application 18/216,893 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2024/036155 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 7, 2017 Reel 41192, frame 666 | Sitsky, David; Sheehy, Edward | Nuix Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2021 Reel 56527, frame 519 | Nuix Pty Ltd. | Nuix Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2037
Term ends Jun 13, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 421 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.