Collateral for a security interest recorded May 17, 2024 (First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).
Term ends Jan 11, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 11, 2028
Held by Truecontext Inc.
Filed Nov 30, 2018 as application 16/205,600 · Granted Mar 10, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2008
Jan 11, 2008
Term ends
Jan 11, 2028
Jan 11, 2028
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Mar 10, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,836,446, to Jan 11, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
11
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 1 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 Jan 11, 2008, when application PCT/IB2008/000070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2018) | Jan 11, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,836,446) | resolves to Jan 11, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 11, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,113,282 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,836,446 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,193,960 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 10,394,948 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 10,585,982 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 11,399,056 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 11,308,270 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 11,886,808 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51607, frame 693 | Brisebois, Mitch A; Drummond, Brant; Mehta, Arjun; Chene, Mark; Flannigan, Mark | Truecontext Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51607, frame 913 | Truecontext Corporation | Prontoforms Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 2, 2020 Reel 54242, frame 845 | Prontoforms Inc. | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Security Interest |
| Nov 23, 2023 Reel 65675, frame 187 | Prontoforms Inc. | Truecontext Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 17, 2024 Reel 67442, frame 832 | TC Pledge Intermediateco Inc.; TC Pledgeco Inc.; 1000827877 Ontario Inc.; Truecontext Corporation; Truecontext Inc.; Truecontext, Inc. | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Security Interest |
| May 17, 2024 Reel 67450, frame 151 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | Truecontext Inc. (Formerly Known as Prontoforms Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 11, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,836,446, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.