Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Jan 5, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 5, 2037
Held by Sandbox Enterprises, LLC
Filed Mar 20, 2017 as application 15/463,063 · Granted Sep 4, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 5, 2017
Jan 5, 2017
Term ends
Jan 5, 2037
Jan 5, 2037
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 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 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.
14
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 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 Jan 5, 2017, when application 15/398,835, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 20, 2017) | Jan 5, 2037 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 5, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,919,882 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 9,845,210 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/012271 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,868,598 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 9,963,308 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,065,816 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 10,035,668 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 9,932,183 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2017 Reel 42659, frame 730 | Oren, Joshua; Edwards, Mike; Massalone, Thomas | Oren Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2017 Reel 42724, frame 169 | Hansen, Dave; Campbell, Colin | Oren Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 3, 2018 Reel 46434, frame 308 | U.s. Silica Company, A De Corporation; Oren Technologies, LLC, a TX LLC; Sandbox Logistics, LLC, a TX LLC | BNP Paribas | Security Interest |
| Oct 28, 2020 Reel 54443, frame 731 | Oren Technologies, LLC | Sandbox Enterprises, LLC | IP Assignment Agreement |
| Jul 31, 2024 Reel 68236, frame 81 | Sandbox Enterprises, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Aug 1, 2024 Reel 68459, frame 231 | Bnp Paribas, As Collateral Agent | U.S. Silica Company; Oren Technologies, LLC; Sandbox Logistics, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bnp Paribas, As Collateral Agent | U.S. Silica Company | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bnp Paribas, As Collateral Agent | Oren Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 1, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Bnp Paribas, As Collateral Agent | Sandbox Logistics, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 5, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
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