System and Method for Rules-Based Control of Custody of Electronic Signature Transactions

US 9,893,895 Surrendered on reissue

Overview Sources & methods

Surrendered on reissue Jun 28, 2022 · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Jun 28, 2022 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE49,119.

Held by DocuSign, Inc.

Filed Dec 31, 2015 as application 14/986,226 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Surrendered Jun 28, 2022

2013 2033

Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013

No longer in force
Jun 28, 2022

Granted
Feb 13, 2018

Term would have run to
Mar 15, 2033

base term after the term ends 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

No effect

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,230,130, to Mar 15, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.

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Maintenance fees paid

Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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 Mar 15, 2013, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 31, 2015)	Mar 15, 2033	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,230,130)	resolves to Mar 15, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"	no change	Low confidence
Reissue	US RE49,119 issued Jun 28, 2022, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Jun 28, 2022	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Jun 28, 2022	Low confidence

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

System and Method for Rules-Based Control of Custody of Electronic Signature Transactions

Surrendered on reissue Jun 28, 2022 · Low confidence

20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033

How we calculated this date

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