Term ends Feb 11, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 11, 2029
Held by Nuix Limited
Filed Nov 19, 2013 as application 14/083,742 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Feb 11, 2009
Feb 11, 2009
Term ends
Feb 11, 2029
Feb 11, 2029
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 19, 2013) | Feb 11, 2029 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | 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 | Feb 11, 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 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,928,260 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2013 Reel 31706, frame 471 | Sitsky, David; Hill, Matthew Westwood; Power, Robin; Sheehy, Eddie; Stewart, Stephen | 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
Feb 2029
Term ends Feb 11, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
112
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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