Term ends Sep 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 16, 2033
Held by Vpay, Inc.
Filed Sep 16, 2013 as application 14/028,040 · Granted Apr 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013
Term ends
Sep 16, 2033
Sep 16, 2033
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014
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.
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 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 Sep 16, 2013, when this application, 14/028,040, was filed | Sep 16, 2033 | 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 | Sep 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,694,431 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| Application 14/179,132 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 62/038,240 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/827,861 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,004,063 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,663,582 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 12,775,930 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
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 18, 2013 Reel 31234, frame 324 | Allen, Robert M.; Maxwell, Richard Alan | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2017 Reel 40829, frame 275 | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45425, frame 976 | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Vpay, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 5, 2018 Reel 45449, frame 712 | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Vpay, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 11, 2018 Reel 46676, frame 364 | Vpay, Inc. | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party and Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 045425 Frame: 0976. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Jun 2, 2019 Reel 49340, frame 832 | Comerica Bank | Stoneeagle Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 19, 2020 Reel 54097, frame 61 | Vpay, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2020 Reel 54861, frame 737 | Vpay, Inc. | BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Administrative Agent | Grant of a Security Interest Patents |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54873, frame 646 | Comerica Bank | Vpay, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2021 Reel 54989, frame 883 | BMO Harris Bank N.A. | Vpay, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 16, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
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