Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 1, 2025 (Western Alliance Bank).
Term ends May 2, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 2, 2031
Held by Audioeye, Inc.
Filed May 2, 2011 as application 13/098,677 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
May 2, 2011
May 2, 2011
Term ends
May 2, 2031
May 2, 2031
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 2, 2011, when this application, 13/098,677, was filed | May 2, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | May 2, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,653,544 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 7,966,184 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 8,046,229 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,260,616 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,296,150 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| Application 13/280,184 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,589,169 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| Application PCT/US2012/061620 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 14 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2019 Reel 48138, frame 470 | O'conor, William C.; Bradley, Nathan T. | Audioeye, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 30, 2023 Reel 65729, frame 547 | Audioeye, Inc. | SG Credit Partners, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 16, 2024 Reel 66694, frame 799 | Audioeye, Inc. | SG Credit Partners, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 24, 2024 Reel 68349, frame 117 | Audioeye, Inc. | SG Credit Partners, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70694, frame 923 | Audioeye, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 1, 2025 Reel 70697, frame 135 | SG Credit Partners, Inc. | Audioeye, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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May 2031
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Citations
47
later US patents cite this one
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