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US 9,990,393 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 20, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends no later than Nov 30, 2033 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Mar 3, 2014 as application 14/195,550 · Granted Jun 5, 2018
Base term plus 260 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Ends no later than
Nov 30, 2033
Granted
Jun 5, 2018
base term patent term adjustment 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
260
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
10
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 260 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/833,098, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 3, 2014)Mar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+260 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 30, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (filed), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Nov 30, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US 10,121,196In force
Mar 2034
Mar 2034
Application PCT/US2013/033889PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,650,452In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,436,672In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
Application 14/195,510Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,990,393this patent
no later than Nov 2033
no later than Nov 2033
US 10,872,078In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 10,963,962In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
8 of 10 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 3, 2016
Reel 37653, frame 158
Exegy IncorporatedIP Reservoir, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 3, 2016
Reel 37653, frame 31
Parsons, Scott; Taylor, David E.; Indeck, Ronald S.Exegy IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2021
Reel 55342, frame 1
IP Reservoir, LLCExegy IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2021
Reel 56302, frame 950
Optionscity Software, Inc.; Exegy IncorporatedSilicon Valley BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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