Term ends Jan 15, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 15, 2039
Held by Strategy Inc.
Filed Dec 30, 2019 as application 16/730,417 · Granted Feb 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 15, 2019
Term ends
Jan 15, 2039
Jan 15, 2039
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
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.
7
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
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 Jan 15, 2019, when applications 16/247,892 and 16/248,659, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 30, 2019) | Jan 15, 2039 | 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 | Jan 15, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,500,655 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 11,815,936 | In force Jun 2039 | Jun 2039 |
| US 11,714,955 | In force Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 11,238,210 | this patent Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US 12,032,644 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 12,164,857 | In force Feb 2039 | Feb 2039 |
| US 12,079,643 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53035, frame 184 | Ziraknejad, Siamak; Xu, Jiao; Li, Boyu; Jia, Quan; Abhyankar, Saurabh; Lang, Timothy | Microstrategy Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2021 Reel 56647, frame 687 | Microstrategy Incorporated | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 18, 2022 Reel 59256, frame 247 | Microstrategy Incorporated; Microstrategy Services Corporation | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Agent | Supplementary Patent Security Agreement |
| Sep 26, 2024 Reel 69065, frame 539 | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated; Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Incorporated | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 26, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor in Interest to U.S. Bank National Association, in Its Capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties | Microstrategy Services Corporation | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at Reel/Frame: 056647/0687, Reel/Frame: 057435/0023, Reel/Frame: 059256/0247, Reel/Frame: 062794/0255 and Reel/Frame: 066663/0713 |
| Sep 19, 2025 Reel 72974, frame 529 | Microstrategy Incorporated | Strategy Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2039
Term ends Jan 15, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
37
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