Term ends May 13, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 11, 2029
Held by Nuix Limited
Filed Aug 7, 2013 as application 13/961,030 · Granted Oct 10, 2017
Base term plus 91 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2009
Feb 11, 2009
Term ends
May 13, 2029
May 13, 2029
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Oct 10, 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
91
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 8,359,365, US 9,665,573, to May 13, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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 91 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 2 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 Feb 11, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/033759, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2013) | Feb 11, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +91 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 13, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,359,365, US 9,665,573) | resolves to May 13, 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 13, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/033759 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,359,365 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,665,573 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,785,700 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,928,260 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 10,185,717 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 10,572,515 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 11,030,170 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 27, 2013 Reel 31684, frame 280 | Sitsky, David; Sheehy, Eddie | Nuix Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2021 Reel 56527, frame 519 | Nuix Pty Ltd. | Nuix Limited | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 13, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 91 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 8,359,365, US 9,665,573, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.