Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2013 (Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P.).
Term ends Jun 17, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 7, 2026
Held by Sermo, Inc.
Filed Jul 7, 2006 as application 11/482,523 · Granted Sep 13, 2011
Base term plus 1441 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2006
Jul 7, 2006
Term ends
Jun 17, 2030
Jun 17, 2030
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Sep 13, 2011
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
1,441
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment 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.
3
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 1441 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jul 7, 2006, when this application, 11/482,523, was filed | Jul 7, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1441 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 17, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 17, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,019,637 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,626,561 | Term ended Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
| Application 14/148,136 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2006 Reel 18602, frame 397 | Palestrant, Daniel; Gardner, Graham | Sermo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 29, 2010 Reel 25571, frame 360 | Sermo, Inc. | MMV Financial Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 31, 2013 Reel 30922, frame 915 | Sermo, Inc. | Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P.; Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 31, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Sermo, Inc. | Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 31, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Sermo, Inc. | Deerfield Private Design International II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 10, 2019 Reel 47959, frame 928 | MMV Financial Inc. | Sermo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 14, 2019 Reel 47987, frame 384 | Deerfield Private Design Fund II, LP; Deerfield Private Design International II, LP | Sermo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2020 Reel 53140, frame 425 | Worldone, Inc.; Sermo, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 Reel 65369, frame 845 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 Reel 65370, frame 170 | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Sermo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 27, 2026 Reel 73922, frame 893 | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Capital One, National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2026 Reel 75025, frame 873 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Worldone, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 5, 2026 Reel 73978, frame 387 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Sermo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Worldone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 17, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1441 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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