Term ends Sep 9, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 9, 2027
Held by Xpedite Systems, LLC
Filed Oct 30, 2014 as application 14/527,909 · Granted Nov 17, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2007
Sep 9, 2007
Term ends
Sep 9, 2027
Sep 9, 2027
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Nov 17, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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. 2 of 2 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, 2007, when application 11/852,315, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 30, 2014) | Sep 9, 2027 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 9, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,395,795 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 7,804,823 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application 12/358,851 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2009/056229 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,116,303 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,896,869 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 9,191,527 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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.