Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 7, 2018 (Esw Holdings, Inc.).
Term ends Jul 8, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2032
Held by Vidyo, Inc.
Filed Jul 2, 2012 as application 13/539,900 · Granted Jan 20, 2015
Base term plus 123 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2012
Mar 7, 2012
Term ends
Jul 8, 2032
Jul 8, 2032
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20, 2015
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
123
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.
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 runs 123 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 Mar 7, 2012, when application 13/414,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 2, 2012) | Mar 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +123 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 8, 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 | Jul 8, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/347,381 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/414,075 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 13/528,010 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,938,004 | this patent Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 8,649,441 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2013/020955 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,313,486 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2012 Reel 29291, frame 306 | Vidyo, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 18, 2013 Reel 31624, frame 276 | Boyce, Jill; Wenger, Stephan; Hong, Danny | Vidyo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 26, 2018 Reel 46634, frame 325 | Venture Lending and Leasing VI, Inc. | Vidyo, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2018 Reel 46737, frame 421 | Vidyo, Inc. | Esw Holdings, Inc. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 8, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 123 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
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