Also listed on Skyword Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 10, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2028
Held by Rakuten Group, Inc.
Filed Sep 25, 2008 as application 12/237,983 · Granted Feb 2, 2016
Base term plus 1262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2032
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2008
Sep 25, 2008
Term ends
Mar 10, 2032
Mar 10, 2032
Granted
Feb 2, 2016
Feb 2, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,262
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 1262 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 25, 2008, when this application, 12/237,983, was filed | Sep 25, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1262 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 10, 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 | Mar 10, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,251,279 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,366,080 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2008 Reel 21934, frame 848 | Mihalik, John L.; Gerace, Thomas A.; Barbour, Russell G.; Meyer, Richard A.; Sandborg, David A.; Bostick, James E.; Wescoe, Kurt F.; Hann, Jennifer R.; Tresch, Timothy R. | Gather, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2011 Reel 26226, frame 142 | Gather, Inc. | Skyword Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 13, 2015 Reel 37033, frame 582 | Skyword Inc. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
| Jul 7, 2017 Reel 42930, frame 431 | Skyword Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Jul 20, 2017 Reel 43051, frame 392 | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Skyword Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2017 Reel 44767, frame 789 | Western Alliance Bank | Skyword Inc. | Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame: 042930/0431 |
| Aug 23, 2019 Reel 50145, frame 13 | Skyword Inc. | Hercules Capital Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 6, 2020 Reel 52325, frame 167 | Skyword Inc. | Skyword Inc. | Proof of Change of Address |
| May 13, 2020 Reel 53122, frame 264 | Hercules Capital Inc., as Agent | Skyword Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2020 Reel 53426, frame 295 | Skyword Inc. | Rakuten, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2021 Reel 58314, frame 657 | Rakuten, Inc. | Rakuten Group, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 29, 2024 Reel 68066, frame 103 | Rakuten, Inc. | Rakuten Group, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Remove Patent Numbers 10342096;10671117; 10716375; 10716376;10795407;10795408; and 10827591 Previously Recorded at Reel: 58314 Frame: 657. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 10, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
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