Term ends Apr 2, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 2, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by MCB Bermuda Ltd.
Filed Jan 17, 2019 as application 16/251,058 · Granted May 27, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2007
Apr 2, 2007
Term ends
Apr 2, 2027
Apr 2, 2027
Granted
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
base term
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.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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. No maintenance fee can end this term early. 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 2, 2007, when application 11/695,565, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 2, 2027 | 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 | No maintenance fee can end the term early | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 2, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,600,931 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 10,387,839 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 12,314,907 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
3 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68476, frame 339 | Wehrle, Richard C.; Dellovo, Danielle F. | Monster Worldwide, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 17, 2024 Reel 68610, frame 413 | Monster Worldwide, LLC (F/K/A: Monster Worldwide, Inc.) | Randstad MWW Solutions Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 17, 2024 Reel 68974, frame 543 | Monster Worldwide, Inc. | Monster Worldwide, LLC | Entity Conversion |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 73303, frame 55 | Monster Worldwide, LLC | MCB Bermuda Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 2, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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