Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 27, 2025 (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Priority Collateral Trustee).
Term ends Apr 25, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 25, 2034
Held by Vivint, Inc.
Filed Mar 8, 2019 as application 16/297,472 · Granted May 19, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014
Term ends
Apr 25, 2034
Apr 25, 2034
Granted
May 19, 2020
May 19, 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 10,235,822, to Apr 25, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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 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 Apr 25, 2014, when application 14/262,506, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 8, 2019) | Apr 25, 2034 | 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 10,235,822) | resolves to Apr 25, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Apr 25, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,274,909 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 10,127,754 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2017/026135 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,235,822 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 10,657,749 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 12,504,728 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2019 Reel 48552, frame 805 | Nye, James E. | Vivint, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2020 Reel 51934, frame 839 | Vivint, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Supplemental Security Agreement |
| Feb 14, 2020 Reel 51935, frame 273 | Vivint, Inc. | Bank Of America, N.a. | Suppl. No. 3 to Security Agreement |
| Feb 14, 2020 Reel 51935, frame 659 | Vivint, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Jul 12, 2021 Reel 56823, frame 20 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Vivint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2024 Reel 69289, frame 510 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Vivint LLC (F/K/A Vivint, Inc.) | Release (REEL 051934 / Frame 0839) |
| Nov 11, 2024 Reel 69334, frame 131 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Vivint, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at 051935, Frame 0695 |
| Feb 27, 2025 Reel 70349, frame 816 | Vivint LLC; Smart Home Pros, Inc.; Vivint Amigo, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Priority Collateral Trustee | After-Acquired Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 25, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,235,822, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% 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
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.