Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 28, 2022 (Newlight Capital LLC).
Term ends Mar 18, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 18, 2036
Held by Deako, Inc.
Filed Aug 27, 2018 as application 16/114,047 · Granted Jun 30, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2016
Mar 18, 2016
Term ends
Mar 18, 2036
Mar 18, 2036
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 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.
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.
18
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: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 18, 2016, when application 15/074,915, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2018) | Mar 18, 2036 | 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 | 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 | Mar 18, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,063,002 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 10,069,235 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2016/049797 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/253,819 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,153,113 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,078,786 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,741,960 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 10,699,131 | this patent Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2019 Reel 49808, frame 195 | Richardson, Derek; Prendergast, Patrick; Keeser, Chris; Stedman, Allen | Deako, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 24, 2019 Reel 49855, frame 124 | Deako, Inc. | CP BF Lending, LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2021 Reel 58287, frame 503 | Deako, Inc. | CP BF Lending, LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62223, frame 763 | Deako, Inc. | Newlight Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62245, frame 514 | CP BF Lending, LLC | Deako, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2022 Reel 62245, frame 713 | CP BF Lending LLC | Deako, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68186, frame 752 | Newlight Capital, LLC | Gallagher IP Solutions LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2026 Reel 76370, frame 981 | Gallagher IP Solutions LLC | Deako, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2036
Term ends Mar 18, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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