Term ends Nov 16, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2029
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Feb 24, 2014 as application 14/188,638 · Granted Apr 5, 2016
Base term plus 77 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2009
Aug 31, 2009
Term ends
Nov 16, 2029
Nov 16, 2029
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 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
77
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.
6
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 77 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 31, 2009, when application 12/584,117, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 31, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +77 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 16, 2029 | 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 | Nov 16, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/065825 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,659,596 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,982,122 | In force no later than Jan 2032 | no later than Jan 2032 |
| US 9,305,387 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,978,175 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2014 Reel 32349, frame 474 | Corazza, Stefano; Gambaretto, Emiliano | Mixamo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2015 Reel 35910, frame 796 | Mixamo, Inc. | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48867, frame 882 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 16, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 77 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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.