Term ends Feb 28, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2034
Held by Vercara, LLC
Filed Jul 23, 2024 as application 18/781,262 · Granted Sep 8, 2026
Base term plus 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2035
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014
Term ends
Feb 28, 2035
Feb 28, 2035
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Sep 8, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
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
114
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,602,616, to Feb 28, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 runs 114 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Nov 6, 2014, when application 14/534,443, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 23, 2024) | Nov 6, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +114 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 28, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,602,616) | resolves to Feb 28, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 28, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,602,616 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2021 | Mar 2021 |
| US 10,244,072 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 10,904,352 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 11,546,446 | In force Nov 2034 | Nov 2034 |
| US 12,052,327 | In force no later than Nov 2034 | no later than Nov 2034 |
| US 12,732,569 | this patent Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 Reel 72295, frame 1 | Digicert, Inc. | UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 24, 2025 Reel 72947, frame 203 | Digicert, Inc. | HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Intellectual Property Agreement Supplement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 28, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 114 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,602,616, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.