Term ends Sep 3, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2027
Held by Veritone, Inc.
Filed Oct 31, 2007 as application 11/981,839 · Granted Mar 22, 2016
Base term plus 308 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2007
Oct 31, 2007
Term ends
Sep 3, 2028
Sep 3, 2028
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 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
308
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.
127
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 308 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 Oct 31, 2007, when this application, 11/981,839, was filed | Oct 31, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +308 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 3, 2028 | 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 | Sep 3, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 10/072,692 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 60/993,096 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,809,603 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application 11/981,646 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,294,727 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application 12/072,692 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/042,913 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/079,769 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 127 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2012 Reel 28681, frame 780 | Steelberg, Chad; Steelberg, Ryan | Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2014 Reel 33319, frame 294 | Brand Affinity Technologies, Inc. | Roim Acquisition Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2014 Reel 33351, frame 750 | Roim Acquisition Corporation | Veritone, Inc. | Merger |
| Dec 13, 2023 Reel 66140, frame 513 | Veritone, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 19, 2025 Reel 73634, frame 333 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent | Veritone, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 3, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 308 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
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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.