Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 26, 2022 (Antares Capital LP).
Term ends Dec 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2032
Held by Auction.com, LLC
Filed Mar 9, 2018 as application 15/917,534 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2012
Dec 17, 2012
Term ends
Dec 17, 2032
Dec 17, 2032
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
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 9,947,041, to Dec 17, 2032. 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.
4
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, 2012, when application 13/717,656, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2018) | Dec 17, 2032 | 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 9,947,041) | resolves to Dec 17, 2032, 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, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,947,041 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 10,417,697 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 10,217,161 | this patent Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,592,977 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
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 26, 2018 Reel 45353, frame 162 | Friedman, Robert | Auction.com, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2018 Reel 45723, frame 737 | Auction.com, LLC | Ten-X, LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 13, 2019 Reel 48720, frame 595 | Ten-X, LLC | Auction.com, LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 26, 2022 Reel 61328, frame 516 | Auction.com, LLC (F/K/A Ten-X, LLC) | Antares Capital LP | First Lien Patent Security Agreement Supplement |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2032
Term ends Dec 17, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,947,041, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.