Term ends Jul 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 8, 2031
Held by Netauthority, Inc.
Filed Jul 8, 2011 as application 13/179,387 · Granted May 7, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2011
Jul 8, 2011
Term ends
Jul 8, 2031
Jul 8, 2031
Granted
May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013
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.
2
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 Jul 8, 2011, when this application, 13/179,387, was filed | Jul 8, 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 | Jul 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,438,394 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 10,432,609 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2013 Reel 30136, frame 512 | Etchegoyen, Craig S. | Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 27, 2013 Reel 31688, frame 633 | Netauthority, Inc. | Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2014 Reel 32194, frame 660 | Harjanto, Dono | Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2015 Reel 34719, frame 462 | Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. | Deviceauthority, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2015 Reel 34747, frame 1 | Uniloc Luxembourg, S.a.; Uniloc Corporation Pty Limited; Uniloc USA, Inc. | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2016 Reel 40811, frame 1 | Deviceauthority, Inc. | Cryptosoft Limited | Merger |
| Dec 30, 2016 Reel 40811, frame 355 | Cryptosoft Limited | Device Authority Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jan 24, 2017 Reel 41470, frame 468 | Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. | Netauthority, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 24, 2017 Reel 42123, frame 864 | Uniloc Luxembourg, S.a. | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 31, 2017 Reel 42644, frame 85 | Fortress Credit Co. LLC | Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying and Receiving Reversed Previously Recorded at Reel: 042123 Frame: 0864. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 8, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
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