Term ends Sep 28, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 2, 2033
Held by NRT Technologies, Inc.
Filed Sep 2, 2013 as application 14/016,185 · Granted May 27, 2014
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2013
Sep 2, 2013
Term ends
Sep 28, 2033
Sep 28, 2033
Granted
May 27, 2014
May 27, 2014
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
26
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.
4
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 26 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 Sep 2, 2013, when this application, 14/016,185, was filed | Sep 2, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 28, 2033 | 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 28, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,738,036 | this patent Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,798,643 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,954,091 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,066,208 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
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 2, 2013 Reel 31133, frame 53 | Boyle, Stephen S.; Greer, Russell S.; Dao, Thang | Joingo, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2023 Reel 66057, frame 890 | Joingo, LLC | Sightline Payments LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 31, 2024 Reel 66383, frame 112 | Sightline Payments LLC | NRT Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends Sep 28, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.