Term ends Mar 17, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 15, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cablecam, LLC
Filed Aug 31, 2012 as application 13/600,558 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term plus 671 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
May 15, 2012
May 15, 2012
Term ends
Mar 17, 2034
Mar 17, 2034
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 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
671
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 671 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 May 15, 2012, when application 13/471,924, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 31, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 15, 2032 | 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 | +671 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 17, 2034 | 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 17, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,469,790 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2012/053299 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/053281 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,337,949 | this patent Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,477,141 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 10,103,813 | In force May 2032 | May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2012 Reel 29337, frame 861 | Wharton, Stephen | Cablecam, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 6, 2015 Reel 34646, frame 189 | Cablecam, LLC | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Security Interest |
| Jul 29, 2016 Reel 39295, frame 444 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | Cablecam, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 17, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 671 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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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.