Term ends Jun 27, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 27, 2028
Held by Verve Group, Inc. and Verve Wireless, Inc.
Filed Oct 13, 2014 as application 14/512,969 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2008
Jun 27, 2008
Term ends
Jun 27, 2028
Jun 27, 2028
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,510,773, US 8,863,178, to Jun 27, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 27, 2008, when application 12/163,780, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2014) | Jun 27, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,510,773, US 8,863,178) | resolves to Jun 27, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 27, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,510,773 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 8,863,178 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,449,334 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application 15/269,819 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2014 Reel 33939, frame 589 | Abou-rizk, Mitri; Kenney, Thomas C.; Collison, Brian M.; McCall, Nathan A.; Johnston, Eric M. | Verve Wireless Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46285, frame 87 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest - Senior Loan |
| May 31, 2018 Reel 46286, frame 291 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest - Mezzanine Loan |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51865, frame 10 | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2020 Reel 51865, frame 123 | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc.; Verve Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2020 Reel 54065, frame 566 | Verve Wireless (ABC), LLC | Verve Group, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 051865 Frame 0123. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Sole Assignee Is Verve Group, Inc. |
| Dec 1, 2020 Reel 54559, frame 239 | Verve Group, Inc. | Verve Group, Inc. | Change of Assignee Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 27, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,510,773, US 8,863,178, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.