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US 8,160,915 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2013 (Deerfield Private Design Fund II, L.P.).

Term ends Nov 24, 2028 · High confidence

Held by Sermo, Inc.
Filed Jul 7, 2006 as application 11/483,195 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term plus 1133 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2028
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2006
Term ends
Nov 24, 2028
Granted
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
1,133
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 8,019,637, US 8,019,639.
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.
2
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 1133 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

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 Jul 7, 2006, when this application, 11/483,195, was filedJul 7, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1133 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 13, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,019,637, US 8,019,639)capped to Nov 24, 2028High 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 orderNov 24, 2028High confidence

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US 8,160,915this patent
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Application 13/447,860Abandoned
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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
Nov 15, 2006
Reel 18601, frame 626
Palestrant, Daniel; Gardner, GrahamSermo, 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, LPSermo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 7, 2020
Reel 53140, frame 425
Worldone, Inc.; Sermo, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Oct 27, 2023
Reel 65369, frame 845
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanySermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 27, 2023
Reel 65370, frame 170
Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Oct 27, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanySermo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 27, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyWorldone, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 27, 2026
Reel 73922, frame 893
Sermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc.Capital One, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 3, 2026
Reel 75025, frame 873
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 3, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSermo, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 3, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationWorldone, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 5, 2026
Reel 73978, frame 387
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSermo, Inc.; Worldone, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationSermo, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 5, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Pnc Bank, National AssociationWorldone, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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