Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 6, 2024 (Barings Finance LLC).
Term ends Jul 19, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 19, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by RPX Corporation
Filed Jul 29, 2011 as application 13/136,400 · Granted Jan 6, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2011
Jul 19, 2011
Term ends
Jul 19, 2031
Jul 19, 2031
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015
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.
2 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.
17
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jul 19, 2011, when application 13/136,024, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 29, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 19, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 19, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/136,024 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,930,714 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,943,313 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| US 9,575,903 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 9,798,873 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,443,085 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,471,373 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 8,955,111 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2013 Reel 30543, frame 297 | Gerrity, Daniel A.; Tegreene, Clarence T. | Elwha LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 15, 2017 Reel 44411, frame 956 | Elwha LLC | The Invention Science Fund II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2018 Reel 44919, frame 318 | The Invention Science Fund II, LLC | RPX Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 29, 2018 Reel 46486, frame 433 | RPX Corporation | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 23, 2020 Reel 54244, frame 566 | RPX Clearinghouse LLC; RPX Corporation | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54486, frame 422 | Jefferies Finance LLC | RPX Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68328, frame 278 | Barings Finance LLC | RPX Corporation | Release of Lien on Patents |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68328, frame 674 | RPX Corporation; RPX Clearinghouse LLC | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 19, 2031.
Citations
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