Term ends Feb 25, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 17, 2029
Filed Sep 17, 2009 as application 12/561,985 · Granted Jun 14, 2016
Base term plus 1257 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2033
Clock starts
Sep 17, 2009
Sep 17, 2009
Term ends
Feb 25, 2033
Feb 25, 2033
Granted
Jun 14, 2016
Jun 14, 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
1,257
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.
3
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 1257 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 17, 2009, when this application, 12/561,985, was filed | Sep 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1257 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 25, 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 | Feb 25, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,367,851 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 10,699,279 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,715,115 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 17, 2009 Reel 23248, frame 973 | Dale, Ernest James; Eichenser, Barbara Clark | Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 23, 2016 Reel 38790, frame 830 | Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 023248 Frame: 0973. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 24, 2016 Reel 38706, frame 12 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 24, 2016 Reel 38706, frame 112 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent Under the Second Lien Credit Agreement | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2016 Reel 40680, frame 86 | Antares Capital LP (as Successor to General Electric Capital Corporation) | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2016 Reel 40687, frame 477 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 20, 2016 Reel 40695, frame 304 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Owl Rock Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 26, 2017 Reel 41511, frame 553 | Antares Capital LP | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Patent Release and Reassignment (2ND Lien) |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57467, frame 57 | Owl Rock Capital Corporation | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57467, frame 194 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc.; Information Planning and Management Service Inc.; Vestcom New Century LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 10, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Vestcom New Century LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 10, 2024 Reel 68864, frame 208 | Information Planning and Management Service Inc. | Electronic Imaging Services, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 25, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1257 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
40
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.
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