Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 9, 2014 (Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender).
Lapsed Jan 29, 2017 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2024
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,690,949), so the cap could be lower.
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Oct 5, 2011 as application 13/253,166 · Granted Jan 29, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 29, 2017
2004
2026
Clock starts
May 3, 2004
May 3, 2004
No longer in force
Jan 29, 2017
Jan 29, 2017
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
Jan 29, 2013
Term would have run to
May 3, 2024
May 3, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,690,949, to May 3, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 3, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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, 2004, when application 10/836,267, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 5, 2011) | May 3, 2024 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,690,949) | resolves to May 3, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 29, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 29, 2017 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,867,035 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 7,688,841 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,686,653 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 7,690,949 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
| US 7,873,062 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
| US 8,092,258 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2016 | Jan 2016 |
| US 8,235,755 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2016 | Aug 2016 |
| US 8,360,810 | this patent Jan 2017 | Jan 2017 |
8 of 10 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 10, 2012 Reel 27512, frame 196 | 658276 N.B. Ltd.; 658868 N.B. Inc.; MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Royal Bank of Canada | U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) - Short Form |
| Jan 19, 2012 Reel 27557, frame 663 | Binder, Yehuda | Serconet Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2012 Reel 27558, frame 114 | Serconet Ltd. | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32439, frame 638 | MOSAID Technologies Incorporated | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 7, 2014 Reel 33484, frame 344 | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc.; Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 868 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Royal Bank of Canada | Conversant IP N.B. 276 Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2014 Reel 33678, frame 96 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Change of Address |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33706, frame 367 | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender; Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Cppib Credit Investments Inc., as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Sep 9, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Oct 12, 2018 Reel 47645, frame 424 | Royal Bank of Canada, as Lender | Conversant Intellectual Property Management Inc. | Release of U.S. Patent Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,690,949, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
55
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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