Also listed on Blue Stripe Software, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 30, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 9, 2032
Filed May 9, 2012 as application 13/467,375 · Granted Nov 10, 2015
Base term plus 447 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012
Term ends
Jul 30, 2033
Jul 30, 2033
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Nov 10, 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
447
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.
2
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 447 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 May 9, 2012, when this application, 13/467,375, was filed | May 9, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +447 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 30, 2033 | 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 | Jul 30, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,183,111 | this patent Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,641,413 | In force May 2032 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2012 Reel 28310, frame 42 | Nethercutt, Glenn | Blue Stripe Software, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 29, 2013 Reel 30919, frame 136 | Blue Stripe Software, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 4, 2013 Reel 31351, frame 639 | Square 1 Bank | Blue Stripe Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2014 Reel 33903, frame 255 | Blue Stripe Software, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2015 Reel 35869, frame 518 | Square 1 Bank | Blue Stripe Software, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2015 Reel 35966, frame 655 | Blue Stripe Software, Inc. | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2033
Term ends Jul 30, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 447 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
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
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