Also listed on Prepaid Text, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 29, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 29, 2035
Held by RCS IP, LLC
Filed May 29, 2015 as application 14/724,873 · Granted Aug 9, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 29, 2015
May 29, 2015
Term ends
May 29, 2035
May 29, 2035
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Aug 9, 2016
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 29, 2015, when this application, 14/724,873, was filed | May 29, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 29, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,414,298 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,854,510 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,356,703 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,779,227 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
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 2, 2015 Reel 35764, frame 619 | Pasupuleti, Srinivas; Venkataramanan, Sriram; Lal, Someet K. | Apple Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2017 Reel 42445, frame 705 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | Textsoft LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 23, 2018 Reel 45014, frame 287 | Textsoft, LLC | Prepaid Text, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2018 Reel 45322, frame 303 | Prepaid Text, LLC | Nim Sar | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2018 Reel 46298, frame 114 | Prepaid Text, LLC | RCS IP, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 045322 Frame 0303. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the New Assignment Conveying Party Prepaid Text, LLC. |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 29, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
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