Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 2, 2026 (Keybank National Association).
Term ends Jul 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 18, 2027
Held by Datadirect Networks, Inc.
Filed Sep 22, 2011 as application 13/240,507 · Granted Feb 25, 2014
Base term plus 271 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Oct 18, 2007
Oct 18, 2007
Term ends
Jul 15, 2028
Jul 15, 2028
Granted
Feb 25, 2014
Feb 25, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
271
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,095,763, to Jul 15, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
31
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 271 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 18, 2007, when application 11/907,843, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 22, 2011) | Oct 18, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +271 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,095,763) | resolves to Jul 15, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,020,074 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 7,917,810 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,095,763 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 7,877,626 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,086,794 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,719,520 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 8,560,772 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,181,089 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2011 Reel 26987, frame 572 | Piszczek, Michael J.; Manning, John Gordon; Fernandes, Cedric T. | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2015 Reel 34693, frame 698 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Preferred Bank, As Lender | Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2018 Reel 47228, frame 734 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2026 Reel 75478, frame 178 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2026 Reel 75737, frame 508 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 Reel 74955, frame 540 | Preferred Bank | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 2, 2026 Reel 75892, frame 63 | Datadirect Networks, Inc. | Keybank National Association, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 271 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,095,763, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
323
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.