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US 8,775,654 In force (reinstated)
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Also listed on Uecker & Associates, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 4, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Dec 19, 2003 as application 10/742,513 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term plus 2055 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2003 2029
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2003
Term ends
Aug 4, 2029
Granted
Jul 8, 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
2,055
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.

This patent's term runs 2055 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 19, 2003, when this application, 10/742,513, was filedDec 19, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+2055 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 4, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 4, 2029High confidence

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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 7, 2004
Reel 14828, frame 308
Shkvarchuk, Taras; Hinks, PaulGrand Central Communications, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 13, 2007
Reel 19687, frame 141
Grand Central Communications, Inc.Uecker & Associates, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 14, 2007
Reel 19691, frame 145
Uecker & AssociatesOn Demand Venture Fund LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 15, 2007
Reel 19697, frame 784
On Demand Venture Fund, LLCMinor Ventures, LLC.Merger
Nov 6, 2007
Reel 20072, frame 12
Minor Ventures, LLCSalesforce.com, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 24, 2024
Reel 69268, frame 555
Salesforce.com, Inc.Salesforce, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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