Term ends Aug 17, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 17, 2029
Held by Reliance Worldwide Corporation
Filed May 29, 2012 as application 13/482,557 · Granted Nov 18, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2009
Aug 17, 2009
Term ends
Aug 17, 2029
Aug 17, 2029
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 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.
7
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
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 17, 2009, when application 12/542,371, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 29, 2012) | Aug 17, 2029 | 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 | Aug 17, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,210,029 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,887,768 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,964,461 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 10,656,042 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 11,493,399 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,781,934 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application 18/459,784 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2012 Reel 28283, frame 371 | Hart, Dennis L.; Brown, Larry D; Gonzalez, Cristobal; Jaramillo, Jeffrey A.; O'neil, Virgil | Securus, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2014 Reel 32955, frame 299 | Securus, Inc. | Securus, Inc. | Merger |
| Feb 15, 2018 Reel 44947, frame 128 | Securus, Inc.; Reliance Worldwide Corporation | Reliance Worldwide Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 17, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
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