Term ends Nov 29, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2029
Held by Adobe Inc.
Filed Mar 16, 2015 as application 14/659,325 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term plus 90 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2009
Aug 31, 2009
Term ends
Nov 29, 2029
Nov 29, 2029
Granted
May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018
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
90
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 8,982,122, to Nov 29, 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.
6
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 90 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: Medium. 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 Aug 31, 2009, when application 12/584,117, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 16, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 31, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +90 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 29, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,982,122) | resolves to Nov 29, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Nov 29, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2009/065825 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,659,596 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,982,122 | In force no later than Jan 2032 | no later than Jan 2032 |
| US 9,305,387 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,978,175 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2015 Reel 35175, frame 908 | Corazza, Stefano; Gambaretto, Emiliano | Mixamo, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2015 Reel 35910, frame 796 | Mixamo, Inc. | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2019 Reel 48867, frame 882 | Adobe Systems Incorporated | Adobe Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 29, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 90 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 8,982,122, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.