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US 9,703,863 In force (reinstated)
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Term ends Jun 2, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Mar 11, 2013 as application 13/794,446 · Granted Jul 11, 2017
Base term plus 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jan 26, 2011
Term ends
Jun 2, 2031
Granted
Jul 11, 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
139
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,396,871.
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.
2
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 139 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 26, 2011, when application 13/014,643, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 11, 2013)Jan 26, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+139 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 14, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,396,871)capped to Jun 2, 2031High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 2, 2031High confidence

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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
Nov 20, 2014
Reel 34222, frame 146
Discoverready LLCBayside Capital, Inc.Security Interest
Jun 4, 2015
Reel 35785, frame 838
Barsony, Stephen John; Messing, Yerachmiel Tzvi; Shub, David Matthew; Wagner, James Kenneth, JR.Discoverready LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 25, 2018
Reel 46191, frame 124
Bayside Capital, Inc.Discoverready LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 25, 2018
Reel 47311, frame 298
Discoverready LLCJefferies Finance LLCSecurity Interest
May 20, 2021
Reel 56302, frame 772
Jefferies Finance LLC (Releasing Reel/Frame 47311/0193)Discoverready LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2021
Reel 56302, frame 799
Jefferies Finance LLC (Releasing Reel/Frame 47311/0298)Discoverready LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 24, 2021
Reel 56329, frame 599
Discoverready LLC; Fastline Technologies, LLC; Consilio, LLC; Xcellence, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 24, 2021
Reel 56329, frame 610
Discoverready LLC; Fastline Technologies, LLC; Consilio, LLC; Xcellence, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 23, 2022
Reel 59080, frame 227
Discoverready LLCConsilio, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 9, 2025
Reel 69856, frame 6
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentXcellence, LLC; Consilio, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents, Recorded at Reel 056329, Frame 0610
Jan 9, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentXcellence, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents, Recorded at Reel 056329, Frame 0610
Jan 9, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentConsilio, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents, Recorded at Reel 056329, Frame 0610

Sources

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

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