Also listed on Verizon Connect Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 12, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2031
Filed Apr 29, 2011 as application 13/097,689 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2011
Apr 29, 2011
Term ends
May 12, 2031
May 12, 2031
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 2016
base term
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
13
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.
This patent's term runs 13 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 Apr 29, 2011, when this application, 13/097,689, was filed | Apr 29, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 12, 2031 | 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 | May 12, 2031 | High confidence |
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 11, 2011 Reel 27042, frame 790 | Mitchell, Peter | Fleetmatics Patents Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2012 Reel 28156, frame 447 | Fleetmatics Patents Ltd. | Fleetmatics Irl Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 6, 2012 Reel 28332, frame 186 | Fleetmatics Patents Limited; Fleetmatics Irl Limited | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 30, 2015 Reel 34852, frame 406 | Fleetmatics Irl Limited | Fleetmatics Development Limited | Change of Name |
| Jan 30, 2015 Reel 34852, frame 493 | Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Agent | Fleetmatics Development Limited, Formerly Fleetmatics Irl Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2015 Reel 34852, frame 700 | Fleetmatics Development Limited | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 25, 2016 Reel 40118, frame 119 | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Fleetmatics Development Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 17, 2017 Reel 41535, frame 84 | Fleetmatics Development Limited | Fleetmatics Ireland Limited | Merger |
| Apr 11, 2018 Reel 45509, frame 801 | Fleetmatics Ireland Limited | Verizon Connect Ireland Limited | Change of Name |
| Apr 13, 2021 Reel 55911, frame 506 | Verizon Connect Ireland Limited | Verizon Connect Development Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 12, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
99
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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