Term ended Aug 15, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2026
Held by Nyse Group, Inc.
Filed Dec 8, 2010 as application 12/928,292 · Granted Oct 30, 2012
Base term plus 104 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Aug 15, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 3, 2006
May 3, 2006
Term ended
Aug 15, 2026
Aug 15, 2026
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
104
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 104 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 May 3, 2006, when application 11/416,942, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2010) | May 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +104 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 15, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 15, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,877,316 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,301,542 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 10,521,858 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2011 Reel 26938, frame 917 | Adcock, Paul D.; Cormack, Michael A.; Haller, Thomas F.; Hill, Robert A. | Archipelago Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2012 Reel 28929, frame 960 | Archipelago Holdings, Inc. | Nyse Group, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 17, 2012 Reel 29147, frame 762 | Archipelago Holdings, Inc. | Nyse Group, Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 8, 2013 Reel 29778, frame 543 | Adcock, Paul D.; Cormack, Michael A.; Haller, Thomas F.; Hill, Robert A. | Archipelago Holdings, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Actual Assignment Document Previously Recorded on Reel 026938 Frame 0917. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Inventor Names and Assignee Listed on the September 21, 2011 Notice of Recordation Remain Correct.. |
Sources
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Note
The 104 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
58
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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