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US 9,671,940 Lapsed on the fee record
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 10, 2024 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).

Lapsed Jun 6, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 18, 2014 as application 14/576,015 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 6, 2025
2013 2033
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2013
No longer in force
Jun 6, 2025
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Term would have run to
Aug 27, 2033
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
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 Aug 27, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 27, 2013, when application 14/011,634, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2014)Aug 27, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 6, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 6, 2025High confidence

This family

US 9,575,621In force
Aug 2033
Aug 2033
US 9,671,940this patent
Jun 2025
Jun 2025
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 9, 2015
Reel 35401, frame 565
Stadium Technology CompanyVenuenext, Inc.Change of Name
May 24, 2021
Reel 56338, frame 420
Venuenext, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchFirst Lien Security Agreement Supplement
Sep 4, 2024
Reel 68829, frame 694
Venuenext, Inc.Venuenext, LLCChange of Name
Sep 10, 2024
Reel 68920, frame 380
UBS AG Cayman Islands Branch (as Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch)Goldman Sachs Bank USAAssignment of Security Interest in IP Collateral (056338/0420)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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