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Methods and Systems for Multi-Engine Machine Translation

US 9,747,284 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 27, 2026 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends May 12, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Aug 26, 2015 as application 14/835,783 · Granted Aug 29, 2017
Base term plus 58 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
May 12, 2033
Granted
Aug 29, 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
58
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 9,141,606, to May 12, 2033. 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.
4
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 58 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/834,331, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2015)Mar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+58 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 12, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,141,606)resolves to May 12, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 12, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,141,606In force
Oct 2033
Oct 2033
Application PCT/US2013/034239PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,747,284this patent
May 2033
May 2033
US 10,311,148In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
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
Aug 26, 2015
Reel 36428, frame 872
Marciano, James Peter; Blodgett, Dean ScottLionbridge Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 3, 2017
Reel 41880, frame 33
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Mar 3, 2017
Reel 41880, frame 136
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Dec 27, 2019
Reel 51376, frame 327
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.KKR Loan Administration Services LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 27, 2019
Reel 51430, frame 754
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentLionbridge Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (First Lien) Recorded at R/F 041880/0033
Dec 27, 2019
Reel 51431, frame 427
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral AgentLionbridge Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents (Second Lien) Recorded at R/F 041880/0136
Oct 27, 2021
Reel 57924, frame 375
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.Lionbridge Technologies, LLCChange of Name
Feb 27, 2026
Reel 73926, frame 472
Lionbridge Technologies, LLCWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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