Term ends Aug 26, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 15, 2031
Held by Nueces Blockchain LLC
Filed Jun 15, 2011 as application 13/161,184 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term plus 803 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2011
Jun 15, 2011
Term ends
Aug 26, 2033
Aug 26, 2033
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
803
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.
22
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 803 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 Jun 15, 2011, when this application, 13/161,184, was filed | Jun 15, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +803 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 26, 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 | Aug 26, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/890,408 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,844,003 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 9,432,199 | this patent Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,195,834 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 8,930,549 | Term ended no later than Oct 2026 | no later than Oct 2026 |
| US 10,079,823 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,348,720 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
| US 10,791,121 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
8 of 22 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2011 Reel 26622, frame 564 | Jakobsson, Bjorn Markus | Ravenwhite Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2019 Reel 50260, frame 821 | Ravenwhite Inc. | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 24, 2019 Reel 49287, frame 25 | Ravenwhite Inc. | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75334, frame 716 | Jakobsson, Bjorn Markus | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2026 Reel 75334, frame 752 | Ravenwhite Security, Inc. | Nueces Blockchain LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Aug 2033
Term ends Aug 26, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 803 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
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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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.