Term ends Apr 29, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2034
Held by Utilidata, Inc.
Filed Apr 29, 2014 as application 14/264,973 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014
Term ends
Apr 29, 2034
Apr 29, 2034
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014
base term
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
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 29, 2014, when this application, 14/264,973, was filed | Apr 29, 2034 | 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 | Apr 29, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,847,570 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,389,618 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2020 | Jul 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2014 Reel 32852, frame 63 | Bell, David | Utilidata, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2020 Reel 52701, frame 749 | Utilidata, Inc. | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2021 Reel 57734, frame 433 | Obsidian Agency Services, Inc. | Utilidata, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 29, 2034. 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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