Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Dec 14, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 14, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Exegy Incorporated
Filed Jun 7, 2011 as application 13/154,804 · Granted Jul 1, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2009
Dec 14, 2009
Term ends
Dec 14, 2029
Dec 14, 2029
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Jul 1, 2014
base term
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
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.
8
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: Medium. 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 Dec 14, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/067935, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 7, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | Dec 14, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/067935 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,762,249 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,768,805 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 13/132,408 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,062,115 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 10,929,930 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 11,676,206 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 12,211,101 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2014 Reel 32555, frame 654 | Exegy Incorporated | IP Reservoir, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2014 Reel 32562, frame 343 | Taylor, David E.; Parsons, Scott; Whatley, Jeremy Walter; Bradley, Richard; Gyang, Kwame; Dewulf, Michael | Exegy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2021 Reel 55342, frame 1 | IP Reservoir, LLC | Exegy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2021 Reel 56302, frame 950 | Optionscity Software, Inc.; Exegy Incorporated | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
232
later US patents cite this one
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