Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 24, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 11, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 9, 2031
Held by Asurion, LLC
Filed Aug 9, 2011 as application 13/205,942 · Granted Sep 2, 2014
Base term plus 399 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 2011
Term ends
Sep 11, 2032
Sep 11, 2032
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Sep 2, 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
399
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.
4
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 399 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 9, 2011, when this application, 13/205,942, was filed | Aug 9, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +399 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 11, 2032 | 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 | Sep 11, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,825,762 | this patent Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,794,390 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 10,728,376 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| Application 16/940,861 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2011 Reel 26721, frame 597 | Bi, Haifeng; Bi, Xiaolian | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2018 Reel 45304, frame 676 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Asurion, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 24, 2020 Reel 54881, frame 366 | Asurion, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement (Supplement No. 8) |
| Dec 28, 2020 Reel 54854, frame 189 | Asurion, LLC | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement (Supplement No. 6) |
| Dec 19, 2025 Reel 73275, frame 401 | Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2026 Reel 73643, frame 1 | Asurion, LLC; Asurion Services, LLC; Simplr Solutions, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends Sep 11, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 399 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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