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US 7,783,729 In force (reinstated)
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Also listed on Sito Mobile Ltd., which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 17, 2019 (Fast Pay Partners LLC).

Term ends Dec 20, 2028 · High confidence

Held by Sito Mobile R&D IP, LLC
Filed Mar 21, 2005 · Granted Aug 24, 2010
Base term plus 1370 days of PTA
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2028
Clock starts
Mar 21, 2005
Term ends
Dec 20, 2028
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Oct 14, 2026 · how we know
1,370
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

This patent's term runs 1370 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 21, 2005Mar 21, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1370 days, USPTO PTA recordDec 20, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 20, 2028High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 23, 2010
Reel 24120, frame 762
Macaluso, Anthony G.Single Touch Interactive, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 3, 2015
Reel 34880, frame 867
Sito Mobile, Ltd.; Single Touch Interactive, Inc.; Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, LLCFortress Credit Co. LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 19, 2016
Reel 39780, frame 633
Single Touch Interactive, Inc.Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2016
Reel 39780, frame 897
Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, Inc.Single Touch Interactive, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2016
Reel 39782, frame 232
Single Touch Interactive, Inc.Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 19, 2016
Reel 40073, frame 77
Single Touch Interactive R&D IP, LLCSito Mobile R&D IP, LLCChange of Name
Sep 19, 2017
Reel 43900, frame 300
Fortress Credit Co. LLCTar Sito Lendco LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 8, 2019
Reel 48547, frame 471
Tar Sito Lendco LLCSito Mobile Ltd.Security Interest
Mar 8, 2019
Reel 48547, frame 578
Sito Mobile Ltd.Tar Sito Lendco LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 17, 2019
Reel 49950, frame 537
Sito Mobile R&D IP, LLCFast Pay Partners LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 17, 2019
Reel 49483, frame 5
Tar Sito Lendco LLCSito Mobile Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Switch the Conveying Party and Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 048547 Frame 0578. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest.
Oct 24, 2019
Reel 50849, frame 392
Fast Pay Partners LLCSito Mobile R&D IP, LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. USPTO does not publish a per-patent fee page, so there is nothing to link to.

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Note
The 1370 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

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later US patents cite this one
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Every date shows its work: base rule, PTA, PTE, disclaimer caps, fee overlay, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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