Also listed on IPS Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 1, 2015 (Pacific Mercantile Bank).
Term ends Jan 12, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 3, 2030
Held by IPS Group Inc.
Filed Sep 3, 2010 as application 12/875,975 · Granted Jun 10, 2014
Base term plus 862 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2033
Clock starts
Sep 3, 2010
Sep 3, 2010
Term ends
Jan 12, 2033
Jan 12, 2033
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 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
862
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.
11
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 862 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 3, 2010, when this application, 12/875,975, was filed | Sep 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +862 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 12, 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 | Jan 12, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,749,403 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,424,691 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,262,345 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 10,664,880 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,132,723 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,776,022 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,436,649 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 11,430,027 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 2010 Reel 25393, frame 773 | King, David W.; Randall, Chad P. | IPS Group Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 365 | IPS Group Inc. | Pacific Mercantile Bank | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2022 Reel 60926, frame 645 | Banc of California (FKA Pacific Mercantile Bank) | IPS Group Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 28, 2022 Reel 61002, frame 572 | IPS Group Inc. | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2026 Reel 76655, frame 845 | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, as Collateral Agent | IPS Group Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 12, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 862 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
238
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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