Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 10, 2024 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Dec 18, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 20, 2029
Held by Venuenext, LLC
Filed Oct 20, 2009 as application 12/581,961 · Granted May 8, 2012
Base term plus 59 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2009
Oct 20, 2009
Term ends
Dec 18, 2029
Dec 18, 2029
Granted
May 8, 2012
May 8, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
59
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 59 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 Oct 20, 2009, when this application, 12/581,961, was filed | Oct 20, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +59 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 18, 2029 | 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 | Dec 18, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,175,913 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 9,741,029 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 10,565,579 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2009 Reel 23394, frame 399 | Checketts, Nathaniel L.; Ferguson, M. Blake; Widlansky, Harold F.; McNamee, David B.; Earl, Dallas J.; Bertelsen, Richard J. | Mangia Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2012 Reel 27704, frame 654 | Mangia Technologies, Inc. | Zions First National Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jun 13, 2012 Reel 28371, frame 233 | Mangia Technologies, Inc. | Zions First National Bank | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 13, 2012 Reel 28371, frame 303 | Zions First National Bank | Bellegingsmaatschappij Rostrum B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 25, 2015 Reel 34807, frame 693 | Bellegingsmaatschappij Rostrum B.V. | Venuenext, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2017 Reel 41431, frame 507 | Venuenext, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jan 19, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Venuenext, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jan 19, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Venuenext, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45688, frame 575 | Venuenext, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55514, frame 615 | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Venuenext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2021 Reel 55514, frame 619 | Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc. | Venuenext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56338, frame 420 | Venuenext, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Lien Security Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68829, frame 694 | Venuenext, Inc. | Venuenext, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 10, 2024 Reel 68920, frame 380 | UBS AG Cayman Islands Branch (as Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch) | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Assignment of Security Interest in IP Collateral (056338/0420) |
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 18, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 59 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
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.
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