Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2019 (BP Funding Trust, Series SPL-VI).
Term ends Feb 18, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 20, 2031
Held by WSOU Investments, LLC
Filed Nov 12, 2012 as application 13/674,259 · Granted Sep 29, 2015
Base term plus 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2011
Jan 20, 2011
Term ends
Feb 18, 2032
Feb 18, 2032
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Sep 29, 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
394
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.
12
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 394 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 Jan 20, 2011, when application 13/010,168, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 12, 2012) | Jan 20, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +394 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 18, 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 | Feb 18, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,767,735 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,059,940 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/044527 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,913,489 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,148,390 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,148,391 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,172,662 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,148,389 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2012 Reel 29279, frame 620 | Jacob Da Silva, Roberto H.; Page, Gregory G.; Bhattacharya, Surajit; Chang, Chung-hua; Hanka, Stephen C.; Larsen, Steve; Ravenscroft, Christopher Francis; Tolliver, Eric W.; Vinayagam, Anand; Wu, Shaofu; Santoso, Ignatius D.; Kunnath, Nalinakshan; Bates, Stephen R. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2013 Reel 29821, frame 1 | Alcatel Lucent | Credit Suisse AG | Security Agreement |
| Jan 10, 2014 Reel 31935, frame 230 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2014 Reel 33868, frame 555 | Credit Suisse AG | Alcatel Lucent | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2017 Reel 43966, frame 574 | WSOU Investments, LLC | Omega Credit Opportunities Master Fund, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2017 Reel 44000, frame 53 | Alcatel Lucent | WSOU Investments, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2019 Reel 49235, frame 68 | WSOU Investments, LLC | Bp Funding Trust, Series Spl-vi | Security Interest |
| May 21, 2019 Reel 49246, frame 405 | Oco Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. (F/K/A Omega Credit Opportunities Master Fund LP | WSOU Investments, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 1, 2021 Reel 56990, frame 81 | WSOU Investments, LLC | OT WSOU Terrier Holdings, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2021 Reel 56526, frame 93 | Terrier SSC, LLC | WSOU Investments, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 18, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.