Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 10, 2022 (Silicon Valley Bank).
Term ends Sep 14, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 14, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Nauto, Inc.
Filed Feb 9, 2018 as application 15/892,899 · Granted Apr 23, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Sep 14, 2017
Sep 14, 2017
Term ends
Sep 14, 2037
Sep 14, 2037
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 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.
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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 14, 2017, when application 15/705,043, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 14, 2037 | 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 | 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 | Sep 14, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,928,432 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,268,909 | this patent Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| US 10,733,460 | In force Dec 2037 | Dec 2037 |
| US 10,769,456 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2019/034356 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,023,751 | In force Sep 2037 | Sep 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2018 Reel 44882, frame 75 | Sathyanarayana, Suchitra; Satzoda, Ravi Kumar; Heck, Stefan | Nauto, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 16, 2018 Reel 46173, frame 14 | Sathyanarayana, Suchitra; Satzoda, Ravi Kumar; Heck, Stefan | Nauto Global Limited | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Previously Recorded at Reel: 044882 Frame: 0075. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 19, 2018 Reel 47821, frame 958 | Nauto Global Inc. | Nauto, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2018 Reel 47977, frame 299 | Nauto Global Limited | Nauto, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the State of Incorporation Inside the Assignment Document Previously Recorded at Reel: 047821 Frame: 0958. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 14, 2019 Reel 49475, frame 814 | Nauto Global Limited | Nauto, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Street Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 047977 Frame: 0299. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 10, 2022 Reel 61722, frame 392 | Nauto, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2025 Reel 71976, frame 818 | Nauto, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2026 Reel 75016, frame 824 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Nauto, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2037
Term ends Sep 14, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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