Term ends Sep 27, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 21, 2026
Held by Sitnet, LLC
Filed Nov 15, 2011 as application 13/373,501 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term plus 402 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Aug 21, 2006
Aug 21, 2006
Term ends
Sep 27, 2027
Sep 27, 2027
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 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
402
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 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.
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 runs 402 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Aug 21, 2006, when application 11/507,699, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 15, 2011) | Aug 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +402 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 27, 2027 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 27, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,761,399 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,090,673 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,514,236 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2013 Reel 30388, frame 373 | Evans, Matthew R.; Salgado, Daniel L. | Evree LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2013 Reel 30406, frame 613 | Evans, Matthew R.; Salgado, Daniel L. | Evree LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Address Previously Recorded on Reel 030388 Frame 0373. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 18, 2013 Reel 30636, frame 95 | Evree LLC | Resource Consortium Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 19, 2019 Reel 50091, frame 297 | Resource Consortium Limited | Resource Consortium Limited, LLC | Re-Domestication and Entity Conversion |
| Nov 2, 2022 Reel 61630, frame 693 | Resource Consortium Limited, LLC | Sitnet, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 402 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.