Term ends Sep 9, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 9, 2028
Held by Ncomputing Global, Inc.
Filed Nov 6, 2012 as application 13/669,560 · Granted Aug 25, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2008
Sep 9, 2008
Term ends
Sep 9, 2028
Sep 9, 2028
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,908,347, US 8,332,492, to Sep 9, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 9, 2008, when application 12/207,402, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 6, 2012) | Sep 9, 2028 | 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 resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,908,347, US 8,332,492) | resolves to Sep 9, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 9, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,908,347 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,332,492 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 9,118,552 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2013 Reel 30390, frame 535 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Feb 6, 2014 Reel 32166, frame 456 | Ncomputing, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Ncomputing, Inc., a California Corporation | Pinnacle Ventures, L.l.c. | Security Agreement |
| Nov 6, 2015 Reel 37058, frame 390 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 030390 Frame: 0535. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jul 19, 2017 Reel 43237, frame 74 | Ncomputing de, LLC | Ncomputing Global, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48031, frame 929 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ncomputing de, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 9, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,908,347, US 8,332,492, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.