Also listed on Quantum Spatial, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 5, 2025 (Jefferies Finance LLC).
Term ends Sep 1, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 1, 2037
Held by NV5 Geospatial, Inc.
Filed Sep 1, 2017 as application 15/694,714 · Granted May 21, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2017
Sep 1, 2017
Term ends
Sep 1, 2037
Sep 1, 2037
Granted
May 21, 2019
May 21, 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.
1 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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Sep 1, 2017, when this application, 15/694,714, was filed | Sep 1, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 1, 2037 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2017 Reel 43559, frame 914 | Nowicki, Scott; Nowicki, Keith | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 21, 2017 Reel 44207, frame 646 | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement - Patents |
| Sep 5, 2019 Reel 50277, frame 594 | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 6, 2019 Reel 50289, frame 924 | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2019 Reel 50461, frame 974 | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Application Number 29/688475 Previously Recorded on Reel 050277 Frame 0594. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Patent Security Agreement. |
| Dec 23, 2019 Reel 51352, frame 311 | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 17, 2020 Reel 51542, frame 759 | Twin Brook Capital Partners, LLC | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2023 Reel 62762, frame 474 | Quantum Spatial, Inc. | NV5 Geospatial, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 4, 2025 Reel 71928, frame 192 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | NV5 Geospatial, Inc. (Formerly Named Quantum Spatial, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 5, 2025 Reel 73463, frame 44 | NV5 Geospatial, Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Joinder to Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2037
Term ends Sep 1, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
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
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.