Term ended Aug 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 16, 2026
Filed Nov 19, 2014 as application 14/548,233 · Granted Feb 7, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Aug 16, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2006
Aug 16, 2006
Term ended
Aug 16, 2026
Aug 16, 2026
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Feb 7, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,259,623, US 8,798,083, US 8,929,383, to Aug 16, 2026. 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. 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 16, 2006, when application 11/504,703, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 19, 2014) | Aug 16, 2026 | 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 8,259,623, US 8,798,083, US 8,929,383) | resolves to Aug 16, 2026, 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,259,623 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,798,083 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,929,383 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 9,565,272 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39598, frame 471 | Bridgewater Systems Corporation | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 5, 2016 Reel 39599, frame 930 | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Amdocs Development Limited; Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Amdocs Development Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 5, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Amdocs Canadian Managed Services Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,259,623, US 8,798,083, US 8,929,383, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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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