Term ends Feb 13, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 21, 2031
Held by Prove Identity, Inc.
Filed Jan 21, 2011 as application 13/011,739 · Granted Aug 12, 2014
Base term plus 388 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2011
Jan 21, 2011
Term ends
Feb 13, 2032
Feb 13, 2032
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Aug 12, 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
388
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 8,789,153, to Feb 13, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
28
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 388 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 21, 2011, when this application, 13/011,739, was filed | Jan 21, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +388 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 13, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,789,153) | resolves to Feb 13, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Feb 13, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,341,236 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,458,774 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,549,601 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,806,592 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,789,153 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2011/022482 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/022486 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/023525 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2011 Reel 26097, frame 495 | Ganesan, Ravi | Hawk and Seal Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2011 Reel 27252, frame 647 | Hawk and Seal Inc. | Authentify Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2014 Reel 32565, frame 531 | Authentify, Inc. | Jmi Services, LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 19, 2015 Reel 37147, frame 213 | Jmi Services , LLC | Authentify, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2017 Reel 41610, frame 944 | Authentify, Inc. | Early Warning Services, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 25, 2017 Reel 43325, frame 945 | Authentify, Inc.; Authentify, LLC | Authentify, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Aug 23, 2017 Reel 43649, frame 549 | Authentify, LLC | Early Warning Services, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 041610 Frame: 0944. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Apr 20, 2020 Reel 52439, frame 416 | Hawk and Seal Inc. | Authentify, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name from Authentify Inc. to Authentify, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 027252 Frame 0647. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignors Interest. |
| Apr 20, 2020 Reel 52448, frame 75 | Jmi Services, LLC | Authentify, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Receiving Party on the Release of Security Interest Agreement from Authentify Inc. to Authentify, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 037147 Frame 0213. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Jun 18, 2020 Reel 52984, frame 61 | Payfone, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 8, 2020 Reel 53148, frame 191 | Early Warning Services, LLC | Payfone, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70499, frame 580 | Payfone, Inc. | Prove Identity, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 13, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 388 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 8,789,153, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
289
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.