Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 26, 2022 (Antares Capital LP).
Term ends Aug 21, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 22, 2035
Held by Auction.com, LLC
Filed May 22, 2015 as application 14/720,675 · Granted Sep 3, 2019
Base term plus 457 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2036
Clock starts
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015
Term ends
Aug 21, 2036
Aug 21, 2036
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Sep 3, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
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
457
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 runs 457 days past its 20-year base term on 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 May 22, 2015, when this application, 14/720,675, was filed | May 22, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +457 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 21, 2036 | 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 | Aug 21, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/720,654 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,402,921 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/033802 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 24, 2015 Reel 35900, frame 725 | Hudson, James; Dever, Nathaniel | Auction.com, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2016 Reel 37865, frame 609 | Ten-X, LLC (Formerly Known as Auction.com, LLC) | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| May 23, 2016 Reel 38782, frame 799 | Auction.com, LLC | Ten-X, LLC | Change of Name |
| Sep 29, 2017 Reel 44049, frame 443 | Ten-X, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | First Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 11, 2017 Reel 44173, frame 193 | Suntrust Bank | Ten-X, LLC | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 037865/0609 |
| 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
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 21, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 457 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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