Term ends Mar 1, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 3, 2026
Held by BGC Partners, Inc.
Filed Aug 3, 2006 as application 11/499,496 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term plus 576 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Aug 3, 2006
Aug 3, 2006
Term ends
Mar 1, 2028
Mar 1, 2028
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 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
576
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.
6
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 576 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 Aug 3, 2006, when this application, 11/499,496, was filed | Aug 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +576 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 1, 2028 | 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 | Mar 1, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,484,122 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,395,310 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 11,094,004 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,651,423 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 18/144,914 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,602,723 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2008 Reel 20873, frame 660 | Claus, Matthew; Foley, Kevin; Noviello, Joseph | Espeed, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2008 Reel 21706, frame 304 | Espeed, Inc. | BGC Partners, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 1, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 576 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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.