Term ends Apr 17, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 17, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Bull SAS
Filed Oct 25, 2019 as application 16/663,661 · Granted Mar 29, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012
Term ends
Apr 17, 2032
Apr 17, 2032
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
6
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 17, 2012, when application 13/449,003, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 25, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 17, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Apr 17, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,775,576 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,094,404 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,794,343 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 10,389,813 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 11,283,868 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 11,290,534 | this patent Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 Reel 50825, frame 38 | Hebert, Stephen M.; Sherrard, Robert L.; Reiter, Leonardo E. | Nimbix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 24, 2020 Reel 53299, frame 715 | Nimbix, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2021 Reel 57040, frame 865 | Comerica Bank | Nimbix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 4, 2022 Reel 58955, frame 622 | Nimbix Inc. | Agarik SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2022 Reel 60681, frame 171 | Nimbix, Inc. | Agarik SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2026 Reel 76503, frame 621 | Agarik SAS, | Eviden France | Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for the Partial Transfer of Assets |
| Sep 16, 2026 Reel 76503, frame 700 | Eviden France | Bull SAS | Confirmatory Short-Form Assignment |
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What's changing
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 17, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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