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US 10,535,016 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Aug 12, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Sep 9, 2016 as application 15/260,444 · Granted Jan 14, 2020
Base term plus 704 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2038
Clock starts
Sep 9, 2016
Term ends
Aug 12, 2038
Granted
Jan 14, 2020
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
704
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,535,017.
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
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This patent's term runs 704 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 9, 2016, when this application, 15/260,444, was filedSep 9, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+704 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 14, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,535,017)capped to Aug 12, 2038High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 12, 2038High confidence

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US 10,535,016this patent
Aug 2038
Aug 2038
US 11,263,556In force
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
Application 17/588,726Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 9, 2016
Reel 39682, frame 439
Johnson, Jeffrey A.; Habib, Md Ahsan; Burgess, Chandler L.; Saha, Tanay Kumar; Hasan, Mohammad AlControldocs.com, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 1, 2019
Reel 49936, frame 823
Controldocs.com, Inc.Legility Data Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 2, 2019
Reel 49940, frame 56
Legility Data Solutions, LLCMaranon Capital, L.P., as AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 18, 2019
Reel 51315, frame 19
Maranon Capital, L.P., as AgentLegility Data Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51343, frame 407
Legility Data Solutions, LLCCitizens Bank, N.A., as AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 26, 2022
Reel 58783, frame 471
Citizens Bank, N.A., as AgentLegility Data Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 24, 2023
Reel 63749, frame 58
Legility Data Solutions, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as First Lien Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 24, 2023
Reel 63749, frame 68
Legility Data Solutions, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Second Lien Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 9, 2025
Reel 69856, frame 39
UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentConsilio, LLCRelease of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents, Recorded at Reel 063749, Frame 0068
Feb 5, 2026
Reel 73700, frame 973
Legility Data Solutions, LLCConsilio, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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