Lapsed Feb 21, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 6, 2032
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by DMZ Global LLC
Filed Apr 10, 2015 as application 14/684,031 · Granted Feb 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 21, 2021
2012
2032
Clock starts
Dec 6, 2012
Dec 6, 2012
No longer in force
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Feb 21, 2017
Term would have run to
Dec 6, 2032
Dec 6, 2032
base term
after the term ends
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
3
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 Dec 6, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Dec 6, 2012, when application 13/707,403, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 10, 2015) | Dec 6, 2032 | 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 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Feb 21, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 21, 2021 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,028,276 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,577,391 | this patent Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| US 9,768,566 | In force no later than Dec 2032 | no later than Dec 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2015 Reel 35393, frame 571 | Wilson, Brandon; Sterkeson, Paul | PCT International, Inc., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2015 Reel 35393, frame 607 | Youtsey, Timothy L. | PCT International, Inc., | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2018 Reel 45427, frame 717 | PCT International, Inc. | Bibby Financial Services (CA), Inc. | Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2022 Reel 59126, frame 491 | PCT International, Inc. | Sallyport Commercial Finance, LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2025 Reel 73172, frame 788 | PCT International, Inc. | DMZ Global LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
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 21, 2021. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.