Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 1, 2024 (Espresso Capital Ltd.).
Term ends Nov 18, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 7, 2035
Held by Lightbend, Inc.
Filed Apr 11, 2019 as application 16/382,074 · Granted Oct 19, 2021
Base term plus 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015
Term ends
Nov 18, 2035
Nov 18, 2035
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 19, 2021
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
42
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.
3
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 42 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
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 Oct 7, 2015, when application 14/877,923, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 11, 2019) | Oct 7, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +42 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 18, 2035 | 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 | Nov 18, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/107,340 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,261,851 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,150,974 | this patent Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2020 Reel 54283, frame 387 | Lightbend, Inc. | NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP | Security Interest |
| Mar 24, 2021 Reel 55707, frame 278 | Lightbend, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2021 Reel 57330, frame 482 | Velipasaoglu, Omer Emre; Surana, Vishal; Sasturkar, Amit | Opsclarity, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 2, 2021 Reel 57374, frame 886 | Opsclarity, Inc. | Lightbend, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2024 Reel 68233, frame 670 | Lightbend, Inc. | Espresso Capital Ltd. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68202, frame 17 | NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LP | Lightbend, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2024 Reel 68299, frame 618 | Lightbend, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 11, 2025 Reel 71557, frame 332 | Lightbend, Inc. | Espresso Capital Ltd. | First Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 25, 2026 Reel 73891, frame 63 | Comerica Bank | Lightbend, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2035
Term ends Nov 18, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 42 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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.