Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 2, 2024 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends May 14, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 23, 2031
Held by Sonifi Solutions, Inc.
Filed Sep 23, 2011 as application 13/243,491 · Granted Aug 11, 2015
Base term plus 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Sep 23, 2011
Sep 23, 2011
Term ends
May 14, 2032
May 14, 2032
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
234
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 234 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 23, 2011, when this application, 13/243,491, was filed | Sep 23, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +234 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 14, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 14, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,107,055 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 8,903,978 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/042190 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,369,829 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,854,388 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,244,375 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2011 Reel 27026, frame 147 | Baker, John B.; Fenno, James L.; Prince, John S., III; Zerr, Derin M. | Lodgenet Interactive Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2012 Reel 29028, frame 360 | Lodgenet Interactive Corporation (Formerly Lodgenet Entertainment Corporation) | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Successor to Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc.), as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 29, 2013 Reel 30112, frame 312 | Lodgenet Interactice Corporation | Gleacher Products Corp., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 28, 2014 Reel 33429, frame 241 | Lodgenet Interactive Corporation | Sonifi Solutions, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44170, frame 884 | Sonifi Solutions, Inc. | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Assignment for Security -- Patents |
| Nov 20, 2017 Reel 44208, frame 799 | Cortland Products Corp. (as Successor-in-Interest to Gleacher Products Corp.) | Sonifi Solutions, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Lodgenet Interactive Corporation) | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Oct 2, 2024 Reel 68773, frame 101 | Sonifi Solutions, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69106, frame 724 | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC | Sonifi Solutions, Inc. | Release of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 14, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
203
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.