Lapsed Aug 5, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 16, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Jul 17, 2012 as application 13/551,536 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 2 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 5, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2006
Aug 16, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 5, 2026
Aug 5, 2026
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014
Term would have run to
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 2026
base term
after the term ends
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
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,259,623, to Aug 18, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Aug 18, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 2 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 16, 2006, when application 11/504,703, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2012) | Aug 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,259,623) | resolves to Aug 18, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 5, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 5, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,259,623 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,798,083 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,929,383 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,565,272 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2012 Reel 28628, frame 135 | Momtahan, Parham; Jones, Mark | Bridgewater Systems Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39598, frame 471 | Bridgewater Systems Corporation | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39599, frame 930 | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Amdocs Development Limited; Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Amdocs Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 2 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,259,623, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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