Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2019 (White Oak Global Advisors, LLC).

Term ends no later than Nov 23, 2031 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Circle Graphics, Inc.

Filed Oct 31, 2012 as application 13/665,713 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Ends no later than Nov 23, 2031

2011 2031

Clock starts
Nov 23, 2011

Ends no later than
Nov 23, 2031

Granted
Mar 3, 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.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

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.

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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 23, 2011, when application 13/304,303, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2012)	Nov 23, 2031	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	Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium 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	no later than Nov 23, 2031	Medium confidence

This family

US 8,959,812	In force Nov 2031	Nov 2031
US 9,174,483	In force no later than Nov 2031	no later than Nov 2031
US 8,966,796	this patent no later than Nov 2031	no later than Nov 2031
US 9,861,215	In force no later than Nov 2031	no later than Nov 2031
US 9,545,162	In force Nov 2031	Nov 2031
US 10,092,118	In force no later than Feb 2032	no later than Feb 2032

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 30, 2012 Reel 29387, frame 798	Ridless, Hank B.; Brooks, Evan D.; Freebern, Keith E.	Circle Graphics, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 1, 2016 Reel 40190, frame 964	Circle Graphics, Inc.	U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent	Security Interest
Sep 30, 2019 Reel 50583, frame 112	Circle Graphics, Inc.	White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as Administrative Agent	Patent Security Agreement
Sep 30, 2019 Reel 50592, frame 389	U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent	Circle Graphics, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Patents
Oct 31, 2019 Reel 50884, frame 798	U.S. Bank National Association	Circle Graphics, Inc.	Release of Security Interest
Dec 22, 2019 Reel 51351, frame 775	Circle Graphics, Inc.	U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent	Security Interest
Feb 23, 2021 Reel 55434, frame 826	White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as the Resigning Agent	Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as the Successor Agent	Notice of Successor Agent and Assignment of Security Interest (Intellectual Property)
Oct 30, 2024 Reel 69080, frame 769	U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent	Circle Graphics, Inc.	Release of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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What's changing

Nov 2031

Term ends no later than Nov 23, 2031. No further fees fall due before then

Note

A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed

Open question

A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 23, 2031. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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

This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

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