Term ends Dec 15, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 5, 2034
Filed Dec 5, 2014 as application 14/562,454 · Granted Oct 24, 2017
Base term plus 10 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2014
Dec 5, 2014
Term ends
Dec 15, 2034
Dec 15, 2034
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017
base term
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
10
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
7
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 10 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Dec 5, 2014, when this application, 14/562,454, was filed | Dec 5, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +10 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 15, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Dec 15, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/046,406 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,448,867 | In force Nov 2037 | Nov 2037 |
| US 9,795,324 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application 14/610,589 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2015/048612 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/791,196 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/657,982 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2017 Reel 41337, frame 852 | Sales, Jay William; Klosinski, Richard Chester, JR.; Workman, Matthew Allen; Murphy, Meghan Kathleen; Steen, Matthew David | Vision Service Plan | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62244, frame 385 | Vision Service Plan | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 15, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 10 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
27
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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.