Term ends Dec 1, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 1, 2034
Held by ARMOR5, Inc.
Filed Dec 1, 2014 as application 14/556,391 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2014
Dec 1, 2014
Term ends
Dec 1, 2034
Dec 1, 2034
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Aug 30, 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.
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 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
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 1, 2014, when this application, 14/556,391, was filed | Dec 1, 2034 | 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 | Dec 1, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,432,334 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/059155 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,961,071 | In force no later than Dec 2034 | no later than Dec 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2014 Reel 34285, frame 260 | Walters, Richard John; Knott, Simon David | ARMOR5, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2015 Reel 36141, frame 854 | Walters, Richard John; Knott, Simon David | Intermedia.net, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Parties Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 034285 Frame: 0260. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41590, frame 122 | Intermedia.net, Inc. | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2017 Reel 41590, frame 158 | Intermedia.net, Inc. | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 23, 2018 Reel 46610, frame 41 | Suntrust Bank | Intermedia.net, Inc. | Termination and Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents, Recorded at Reel 014590, Frame 0192 |
| Jul 23, 2018 Reel 46619, frame 417 | Suntrust Bank | Accessline Communications Corporation; Intermedia.net, Inc. | Termination and Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 23, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Suntrust Bank | Accessline Communications Corporation | Termination and Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Jul 23, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Suntrust Bank | Intermedia.net, Inc. | Termination and Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| May 27, 2026 Reel 74777, frame 874 | Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC, as Administrative Agent | Intermedia.net, Inc.; Accessline Communications Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 27, 2026 Reel 75653, frame 429 | Intermedia.net, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 1, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
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