Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 13, 2023 (East West Bank).
Term ends May 2, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 5, 2032
Held by Retailnext, Inc.
Filed Feb 28, 2013 as application 13/781,309 · Granted May 3, 2016
Base term plus 239 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012
Term ends
May 2, 2033
May 2, 2033
Granted
May 3, 2016
May 3, 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
239
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.
5
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 239 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 5, 2012, when application 13/603,832, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2013) | Sep 5, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +239 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 2, 2033 | 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 | May 2, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,163,031 | In force (reinstated) Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,330,468 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 8,989,775 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 9,445,234 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,569,786 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2013 Reel 31251, frame 238 | Shaw, George | Retailnext, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2017 Reel 44176, frame 1 | Retailnext, Inc. | Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. | Security Interest |
| Nov 29, 2017 Reel 44252, frame 867 | Retailnext, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2018 Reel 46715, frame 67 | Retailnext, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2018 Reel 46957, frame 896 | Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. | Retailnext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 25, 2020 Reel 53119, frame 599 | Retailnext, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Identified Patent Application Number 14322624 to Properly Reflect Patent Application Number 14332624 Previously Recorded on Reel 044252 Frame 0867. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Apr 23, 2021 Reel 56018, frame 344 | Retailnext, Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56055, frame 587 | Silicon Valley Bank | Retailnext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56056, frame 825 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Retailnext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2023 Reel 64247, frame 925 | Retailnext, Inc. | East West Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2023 Reel 64298, frame 437 | Alter Domus (US) LLC | Retailnext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 5, 2024 Reel 69495, frame 690 | Retailnext, Inc. | Bain Capital Credit, LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 6, 2024 Reel 69511, frame 217 | MGG Investment Group LP | Retailnext, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 2, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 239 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
33
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.
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