Term ends no later than Sep 22, 2033 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 22, 2033
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 Sightline Payments LLC
Filed Mar 28, 2014 as application 14/228,363 · Granted Apr 7, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2013
Sep 22, 2013
Ends no later than
Sep 22, 2033
Sep 22, 2033
Granted
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
9
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: Low. 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 Sep 22, 2013, when application 14/033,493, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 22, 2033 | 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 | 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 Sep 22, 2033 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,708,809 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 8,998,708 | this patent no later than Sep 2033 | no later than Sep 2033 |
| US 9,196,123 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,245,413 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| Application 14/499,300 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 9,466,176 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,721,430 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,785,926 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2014 Reel 33528, frame 103 | Sanford, Kirk E.; Sattar, Omer; Sears, Thomas M. | Sightline Interactive LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2014 Reel 33528, frame 383 | Sightline Interactive LLC | Vantiv LLC; Sightline Interactive LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Sightline Interactive LLC | Vantiv LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Sightline Interactive LLC | Sightline Interactive LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2014 Reel 33606, frame 660 | Vantiv LLC | Sightline Interactive LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2017 Reel 43602, frame 142 | Sanford, Kirk E.; Sears, Thomas M.; Sattar, Omer | Sightline Interactive LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2021 Reel 57655, frame 230 | Sightline Interactive LLC | Sightline Payments LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2033
Term ends no later than Sep 22, 2033. 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 Sep 22, 2033. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
4
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.