Lapsed Sep 23, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 6, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Nueces Blockchain LLC
Filed Jun 23, 2008 as application 12/215,048 · Granted Sep 23, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 900 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 23, 2022
2007
2030
Clock starts
Aug 6, 2007
Aug 6, 2007
No longer in force
Sep 23, 2022
Sep 23, 2022
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014
Term would have run to
Jan 22, 2030
Jan 22, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
900
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
22
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 Jan 22, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 900 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 6, 2007, when application 11/890,408, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2008) | Aug 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +900 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 22, 2030 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 23, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 23, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/890,408 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,844,003 | this patent Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 9,432,199 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,195,834 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,930,549 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 10,079,823 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,348,720 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 10,791,121 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2008 Reel 21385, frame 973 | Jakobsson, Bjorn Markus | Ravenwhite Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2019 Reel 50260, frame 821 | Ravenwhite Inc. | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 24, 2019 Reel 49287, frame 25 | Ravenwhite Inc. | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75334, frame 716 | Jakobsson, Bjorn Markus | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75334, frame 752 | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Nueces Blockchain LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 900 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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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