Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 14, 2026 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association).
Term ends Jul 26, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 26, 2037
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Composecure, LLC
Filed Oct 18, 2018 as application 16/164,322 · Granted Sep 10, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017
Term ends
Jul 26, 2037
Jul 26, 2037
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 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.
26
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jul 26, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/043954, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 18, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 26, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 26, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/043954 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,762,412 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US D864,293 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US D879,196 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,406,734 | this patent Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2019/014656 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,267,172 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 10,977,540 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
8 of 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2018 Reel 47514, frame 165 | Lowe, Adam | Composecure, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2019 Reel 49651, frame 333 | Composecure, L.l.c. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 14, 2026 Reel 74357, frame 437 | Arculus Holdings, L.l.c.; Composecure, L.l.c. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 14, 2026 Reel 74357, frame 622 | Arculus Holdings, L.l.c.; Composecure, L.l.c. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jan 16, 2026 Reel 73492, frame 424 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties | Composecure, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2037
Term ends Jul 26, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
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