Term ends Sep 7, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 9, 2027
Held by Xpedite Systems, LLC
Filed Sep 9, 2007 as application 11/852,315 · Granted Mar 12, 2013
Base term plus 1094 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2007
Sep 9, 2007
Term ends
Sep 7, 2030
Sep 7, 2030
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,094
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.
7
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 1094 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 Sep 9, 2007, when this application, 11/852,315, was filed | Sep 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1094 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 7, 2030 | 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 | Sep 7, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,395,795 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 7,804,823 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application 12/358,851 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2009/056229 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,116,303 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,896,869 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 9,191,527 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2010 Reel 24161, frame 852 | Xpedite Systems, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 10, 2010 Reel 24514, frame 283 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Xpedite Systems, LLC | Termination of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jun 11, 2010 Reel 24515, frame 560 | Xpedite Systems, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 12, 2010 Reel 24665, frame 767 | Toscano, Francis; Merces, Joseph; Braun, Joachim H.; Kamens, Samuel N. | Xpedite Systems, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2010 Reel 25178, frame 340 | Easylink Services International Corporation; Easylink Services Corporation; Easylink Services USA, Inc.; Xpedite Systems, LLC; Xpedite Systems Worldwide, Inc.; Xpedite Network Services, Inc.; Ptek Services, Inc. | Suntrust Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 28, 2010 Reel 25204, frame 481 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Xpedite Systems, LLC | Termination of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 26, 2012 Reel 29030, frame 630 | Suntrust Bank | Easylink Services International Corporation, Easylink Services USA, Inc. and Xpedite Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2015 Reel 37244, frame 878 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Xpedite Systems, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 7, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1094 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.