Term ends Aug 1, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2035
Held by Coinbase, Inc.
Filed Sep 25, 2015 as application 14/866,102 · Granted Sep 10, 2019
Base term plus 676 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2037
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2015
Sep 25, 2015
Term ends
Aug 1, 2037
Aug 1, 2037
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Sep 10, 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
676
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.
8
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 676 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 Sep 25, 2015, when this application, 14/866,102, was filed | Sep 25, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +676 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 1, 2037 | 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 1, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,270,298 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2015/024659 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,338,558 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 10,409,827 | this patent Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2015/054706 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2015/054895 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,558,188 | In force Aug 2035 | Aug 2035 |
| US 11,301,481 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2015 Reel 36690, frame 186 | Kheterpal, Veerbhan; Firu, Daniel; Drego, Nigel | 21 Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2015 Reel 36981, frame 301 | 21, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | 21, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | 21, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Mar 9, 2018 Reel 45160, frame 121 | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | 21, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 15, 2022 Reel 61781, frame 49 | 21, Inc. | Coinbase, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2037
Term ends Aug 1, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 676 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
124
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.