Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 8, 2021 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Dec 12, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 23, 2030
Held by Psi Systems, Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/842,883 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term plus 873 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2010
Jul 23, 2010
Term ends
Dec 12, 2032
Dec 12, 2032
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
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
873
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.
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 873 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 Jul 23, 2010, when application 12/842,695, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2013) | Jul 23, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +873 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 12, 2032 | 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 | Dec 12, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/842,695 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,639,822 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 11,861,945 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2013 Reel 31653, frame 331 | Whitehouse, Harry T. | Psi Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2015 Reel 37228, frame 900 | Psi Systems, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 6, 2021 Reel 57721, frame 962 | Wells Fargo Bank | Psi Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 8, 2021 Reel 57758, frame 116 | Stamps.com Inc.; Psi Systems, Inc.; Auctane LLC; Shippingeasy Group, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 12, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 873 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.