Term ends no later than Feb 2, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 27, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Intuit, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2006 as application 11/476,990 · Granted Oct 18, 2016
Base term plus 1681 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2031
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2006
Jun 27, 2006
Ends no later than
Feb 2, 2031
Feb 2, 2031
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Oct 18, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,681
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 runs 1681 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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, 2006, when this application, 11/476,990, was filed | Jun 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1681 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 2, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Feb 2, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,471,756 | this patent no later than Feb 2031 | no later than Feb 2031 |
| US 7,680,741 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 7,840,959 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application 11/829,430 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2006 Reel 18056, frame 34 | Sung, Edmund Yu Liang; Rosemore Timothy A.; Possin, Jennifer; Tenenbaum, Raymond S.; Molloy, Stephen L. | Intuit, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2006 Reel 18325, frame 600 | Sung, Edmund Yu Liang; Rosemore, Timothy A.; Possin, Jennifer; Tenenbaum, Raymond S.; Molloy, Stehen L. | Intuit, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Title of Invention, Previously Recorded at Reel 018056, Frame 0034. |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends no later than Feb 2, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1681 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Feb 2, 2031. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.