Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 23, 2018 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Jul 2, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 21, 2037
Held by Fiscalnote, Inc.
Filed Apr 21, 2017 as application 15/494,346 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term plus 802 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2039
Clock starts
Apr 21, 2017
Apr 21, 2017
Term ends
Jul 2, 2039
Jul 2, 2039
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
802
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
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 runs 802 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 21, 2017, when this application, 15/494,346, was filed | Apr 21, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +802 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 2, 2039 | 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 (reinstated) | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 2, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,839,470 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,151,677 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2017 Reel 42256, frame 110 | Grom, Brian; Argyle, Daniel; Zoshak, John; Eidelman, Vladimir; Maglasang, Dan | Fiscalnote, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2018 Reel 46674, frame 345 | Fiscalnote, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust, As Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 21, 2020 Reel 54157, frame 123 | Fiscalnote, Inc.; CQ-Roll Call, Inc.; Capitol Advantage LLC; Votervoice, L.l.c.; Sandhill Strategy LLC; Fiscalnote Holdings, Inc.; Fiscalnote Holdings II, Inc. | Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc., as Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 21, 2020 Reel 54157, frame 173 | Midcap Financial Trust, As Administrative Agent | Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 71991, frame 938 | Fiscalnote, Inc.; Predata, Inc. | MGG Investment Group LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 72001, frame 12 | Runway Growth Finance Corp., as Agent | Fiscalnote, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 2, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 802 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
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.
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