Term ends Jul 31, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2030
Held by Ncomputing de, LLC
Filed Jun 7, 2013 as application 13/913,206 · Granted Apr 19, 2016
Base term plus 257 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2010
Nov 16, 2010
Term ends
Jul 31, 2031
Jul 31, 2031
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 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
257
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.
4
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 257 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 Nov 16, 2010, when application 12/947,294, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 7, 2013) | Nov 16, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +257 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 31, 2031 | 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 31, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,896,612 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/060982 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,749,566 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,317,891 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
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 7, 2013 Reel 30571, frame 236 | Chowdhry, Anita; Ghosh, Subir | Ncomputing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2017 Reel 43237, frame 74 | Ncomputing de, LLC | Ncomputing Global, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 16, 2019 Reel 48031, frame 929 | Ncomputing, Inc. | Ncomputing de, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 31, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 257 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median 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.