Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 26, 2026 (Crownpeak Technology Holdings, LLC, as the Secured Party).
Term ends Dec 17, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2030
Held by Evidon, Inc.
Filed May 27, 2016 as application 15/166,678 · Granted Jul 17, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2010
Dec 17, 2010
Term ends
Dec 17, 2030
Dec 17, 2030
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,361,631, to Dec 17, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 17, 2010, when application 12/971,588, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2016) | Dec 17, 2030 | 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 9,361,631) | resolves to Dec 17, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 17, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,361,631 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 10,026,098 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2016 Reel 39074, frame 764 | Meyer, Scott B.; Shnir, Felix; Simeonov, Simeon; Kozek, Edward; O'malley, Colin; Jaye, Daniel | Evidon, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 7, 2016 Reel 39276, frame 781 | Evidon, Inc. | Ghostery, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 22, 2017 Reel 41782, frame 182 | Ghostery, Inc. | Evidon, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 7, 2017 Reel 43220, frame 151 | Comerica Bank | Evidon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2017 Reel 43303, frame 202 | Evidon, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Crownpeak Intermediate Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Crownpeak Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Evidon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2019 Reel 48479, frame 851 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Crownpeak Intermediate Holdings, Inc.; Crownpeak Technology, Inc.; Evidon, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 26, 2026 Reel 73574, frame 108 | Evidon, Inc. | Crownpeak Technology Holdings, LLC, as the Secured Party | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 17, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,361,631, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
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.