Term ends Aug 20, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 20, 2030
Held by Malikie Innovations Limited
Filed Aug 26, 2011 as application 13/219,087 · Granted Jul 29, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2010
Aug 20, 2010
Term ends
Aug 20, 2030
Aug 20, 2030
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Jul 29, 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.
2
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
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 Aug 20, 2010, when application 12/860,609, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2011) | Aug 20, 2030 | 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 | Aug 20, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,660,621 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,792,947 | this patent Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2011 Reel 27070, frame 302 | Allwright, Julia; Riddiford, Martin | Therefore Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2011 Reel 27250, frame 563 | Therefore Limited | Research in Motion Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2014 Reel 32836, frame 938 | Research in Motion Limited | BlackBerry Limited | Change of Name |
| Jun 16, 2023 Reel 64104, frame 103 | BlackBerry Limited | Malikie Innovations Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 19, 2023 Reel 64270, frame 1 | BlackBerry Limited | Malikie Innovations Limited | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2030
Term ends Aug 20, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.