Term ends Apr 12, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 12, 2030
Held by First Data Corporation
Filed Dec 8, 2011 as application 13/314,988 · Granted Nov 6, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 12, 2010
Apr 12, 2010
Term ends
Apr 12, 2030
Apr 12, 2030
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 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.
17
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
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 Apr 12, 2010, when application 12/758,397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2011) | Apr 12, 2030 | 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 | Apr 12, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,195,500 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| Application 13/032,878 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2011/032102 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/253,756 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,306,846 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application 13/315,169 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,224,687 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,775,242 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2011 Reel 27436, frame 695 | Tavares, Silvio; Fahy, Susan; Carlson, Dennis | First Data Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2013 Reel 30080, frame 531 | First Data Corporation; Clover Networks, Inc.; Money Network Financial, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Security Agreement |
| Sep 22, 2015 Reel 36656, frame 224 | First Data Corporation | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Data Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Clover Network, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Money Network Financial, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 30, 2019 Reel 49899, frame 1 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | First Data Corporation; Clover Network, Inc.; Money Network Financial, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 19, 2019 Reel 50094, frame 455 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | First Data Corporation | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
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What's changing
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 12, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
259
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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