Term ends Jul 23, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 23, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Hover Inc.
Filed Sep 2, 2016 as application 15/255,807 · Granted Sep 15, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014
Term ends
Jul 23, 2034
Jul 23, 2034
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
base term
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
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.
25
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: Medium. 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 Jul 23, 2014, when application 14/339,127, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 23, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | Jul 23, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,437,033 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,776,999 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,861,224 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,721,066 | In force Jun 2036 | Jun 2036 |
| US 10,643,380 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,769,847 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 11,113,877 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 10,902,672 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
8 of 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2017 Reel 41537, frame 753 | Sun, Shaohui; Pavlidis, Ioannis; Altman, Adam J. | Hover Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2020 Reel 52229, frame 972 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 25, 2020 Reel 52229, frame 986 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 199 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 222 | Hover Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 179 | Silicon Valley Bank | Hover Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2021 Reel 56423, frame 189 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Hover Inc. | Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2022 Reel 61622, frame 741 | Silicon Valley Bank | Hover Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2022 Reel 61622, frame 761 | Silicon Valley Bank, As Agent | Hover Inc. | Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 23, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
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