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Method and System for Web-Based Idea Prediction Market Investment

US 8,606,618 In force
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Also listed on Spigit, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 7, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Owen, Katharyn E
Filed Mar 31, 2011 as application 13/065,934 · Granted Dec 10, 2013
Base term plus 221 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2011
Term ends
Nov 7, 2031
Granted
Dec 10, 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
221
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.

This patent's term runs 221 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 31, 2011, when this application, 13/065,934, was filedMar 31, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+221 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 7, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 7, 2031High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 31, 2011
Reel 26171, frame 780
Dabke, PadmanabhSpigit Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2013
Reel 31207, frame 238
Spigit, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Sep 16, 2013
Reel 31217, frame 710
Spigit, Inc.Partners for Growth IV, L.P.Security Agreement
Oct 30, 2013
Reel 31509, frame 547
Spigit, Inc.Mindjet LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2014
Reel 34130, frame 306
Mindjet LLCWF Fund IV Limited PartnershipSecurity Interest
May 8, 2015
Reel 35599, frame 528
Mindjet LLCMindjet US Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2015
Reel 36588, frame 423
Mindjet US Inc.Spigit, Inc.Change of Name
Aug 8, 2016
Reel 39373, frame 659
Silicon Valley BankSpigit, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 8, 2016
Reel 39373, frame 715
WF Fund IV Limited Partnership (C/O/B as Wellington Financial LP and Wellington Financial Fund IVMindjet LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 4, 2018
Reel 47673, frame 18
Partners for Growth IV, L.P.Spigit, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 28, 2019
Reel 48152, frame 263
Spigit, Inc.Ares Capital CorporationSecurity Interest
Jan 30, 2020
Reel 51672, frame 245
Ares Capital CorporationSpigit, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 17, 2020
Reel 54962, frame 236
Planview, Inc.; Spigit, Inc.; Troux Technologies, Inc.UBS AG, Stamford BranchFirst Lien Security Agreement
Dec 18, 2020
Reel 54804, frame 543
Planview, Inc.; Spigit, Inc.; Troux Technologies, Inc.UBS AG, Stamford BranchSecond Lien Security Agreement
Dec 23, 2020
Reel 54740, frame 815
Ares Capital CorporationSpigit, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 31, 2023
Reel 65407, frame 524
Spigit, Inc.Owen, Katharyn EAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 2, 2026
Reel 76627, frame 68
Spigit, Inc.Planview, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Dataname: Planview, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 65407 Frame 524. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

Sources

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