Term ends Nov 9, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 26, 2027
Held by Richrelevance, Inc.
Filed Jun 14, 2012 as application 13/523,737 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term plus 867 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2007
Jun 26, 2007
Term ends
Nov 9, 2029
Nov 9, 2029
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
867
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,209,214, to Nov 9, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 867 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jun 26, 2007, when application 11/823,260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2012) | Jun 26, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +867 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 9, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,209,214) | resolves to Nov 9, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 9, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,209,214 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2008/007935 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,639,846 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2018 Reel 47469, frame 1 | Richrelevance, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 24, 2020 Reel 53580, frame 305 | Kohn, Tyler; Selinger, David; Decourcey, Michael | Richrelevance, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2020 Reel 54771, frame 857 | Western Alliance Bank | Richrelevance, Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 9, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 867 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,209,214, 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.