Lapsed Sep 20, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2034
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Jul 28, 2014 as application 14/444,938 · Granted Sep 20, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 20, 2024
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2014
Jul 28, 2014
No longer in force
Sep 20, 2024
Sep 20, 2024
Granted
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016
Term would have run to
Jul 28, 2034
Jul 28, 2034
base term
after the term ends
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.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Jul 28, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jul 28, 2014, when this application, 14/444,938, was filed | Jul 28, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 20, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 20, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,451,162 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,911,454 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,368,011 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,186,301 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,701,426 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,363,569 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,851,793 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,425,570 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
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 28, 2014 Reel 33406, frame 50 | Van Hoff, Arthur; Annau, Thomas M.; Christensen, Jens; Gardiner, Koji | Jaunt Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 2, 2019 Reel 50602, frame 853 | Jaunt, Inc. | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
51
later US patents cite this one
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