Also listed on Cequint, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 22, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 13, 2029
Filed Apr 13, 2009 as application 12/422,927 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term plus 440 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Apr 13, 2009
Apr 13, 2009
Term ends
Feb 22, 2030
Feb 22, 2030
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012
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
440
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,160,554, US 8,160,556, US 8,620,281.
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 440 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 13, 2009, when this application, 12/422,927, was filed | Apr 13, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +440 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 27, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,160,554, US 8,160,556, US 8,620,281) | capped to Feb 22, 2030 | 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 | Feb 22, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,160,555 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2010/030253 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,364,177 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2009 Reel 22539, frame 797 | Gosselin, Mark; Hennessey, Rick | Cequint, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2010 Reel 25084, frame 401 | Cequint, Inc. | Suntrust Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 3, 2012 Reel 27649, frame 644 | Cequint, Inc. | Suntrust Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 3, 2012 Reel 27651, frame 597 | Suntrust Bank | Cequint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2013 Reel 29823, frame 602 | Suntrust Bank | Cequint, Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2013 Reel 29824, frame 563 | Cequint, Inc. | Suntrust Bank | Grant of Patent Security Interest (First Lien) |
| Feb 18, 2013 Reel 29824, frame 633 | Cequint, Inc. | Suntrust Bank | Grant of Patent Security Interest (Second Lien) |
| Sep 26, 2017 Reel 43704, frame 55 | Suntrust Bank | Cequint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2024 Reel 66624, frame 404 | Cequint, Inc. | Transaction Network Services, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 22, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 440 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,160,554, US 8,160,556, US 8,620,281.
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.