Term ends May 6, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 18, 2034
Held by Avivatech LLC
Filed Apr 18, 2014 as application 14/256,425 · Granted Jul 19, 2016
Base term plus 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2014
Apr 18, 2014
Term ends
May 6, 2034
May 6, 2034
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Jul 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
158
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,384,392.
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 158 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Apr 18, 2014, when this application, 14/256,425, was filed | Apr 18, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 23, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,384,392) | capped to May 6, 2034 | 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 6, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,396,461 | this patent May 2034 | May 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/026485 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/213,088 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2014 Reel 32730, frame 839 | Weber, Scott; Maloney, Rian | Digital Check Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 39817, frame 427 | Digital Check Corporation | Digital Check Corp. | Change of Name |
| Nov 16, 2016 Reel 40631, frame 208 | Digital Check Corp. | BMO Harris Bank N.A. | Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55081, frame 32 | Digital Check Corp. | Bmo Harris Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| May 31, 2022 Reel 60059, frame 370 | Digital Check Corp. | Avivatech LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2034
Term ends May 6, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,384,392.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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How we rank
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